Developing Hazard Lines in Response to Coastal Flooding and Sea Level Change

Stevens, Heather; Kiem, Anthony S.

doi:10.1080/08111146.2013.877388

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“…Responsibility for carrying out practical projects to address climate change risks often falls to local councils (Stevens and Kiem 2014). In Australia, potential impacts include increased frequency and intensity of heatwaves, bushfire and rainfall extremes, and, in coastal areas, sea-level rise and associated erosion and inundation (Reisinger et al 2014).…”

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CoastAdapt: an adaptation decision support framework for Australia’s coastal managers

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Australia's coastline is exposed to climate change and sea-level rise impacts from erosion, inundation, and changes to storm tracks and intensity. It accommodates about 80% of the population. Around 250 local councils are responsible for coastal management, with very different capacities to undertake adaptation. A decision support framework was developed to support coastal managers seeking to understand present-day and future climate change, its impacts and possible response options. Extensive engagement was undertaken with practitioners before commencing the design and at all stages of the build, in order to ensure usefulness and usability. The resulting framework, CoastAdapt (coastadapt.com.au), provides comprehensive guidance and support, including understanding of climate change science, expected impacts, and adaptation options. It contains datasets on historical flooding; present-day coastal sensitivity to erosion; and future climate extremes, sea-level rise, and inundation for each coastal council. A risk management framework supports users through the six stages of adaptation from identifying the challenges through to monitoring and evaluation. The performance of CoastAdapt has been evaluated through 11 6-week test cases with coastal managers in the public and private sectors. In future, if CoastAdapt is to remain a useful resource, it must be seen by practitioners as dynamic, relevant, and current, and on-going resources will be needed to achieve this. Climatic Change (2019) 153:491-507 https://doi.

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CoastAdapt: an adaptation decision support framework for Australia’s coastal managers

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Mapping Sea Level Rise Behavior in an Estuarine Delta System: A Case Study along the Shanghai Coast

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Chen

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Pacific decadal variability over the last 2000 years and implications for climatic risk

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Jong

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The Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation, an index which defines decadal climate variability throughout the Pacific, is generally assumed to have positive and negative phases that each last 20-30 years. Here we present a 2000-year reconstruction of the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation, obtained using information preserved in Antarctic ice cores, that shows negative phases are short (7 ± 5 years) and infrequent (occurring 10% of the time) departures from a predominantly neutral-positive state that lasts decades (61 ± 56 years). These findings suggest that Pacific Basin climate risk is poorly characterised due to over-representation of negative phases in post-1900 observations. We demonstrate the implications of this for eastern Australia, where drought risk is elevated during neutral-positive phases, and highlight the need for a re-evaluation of climate risk for all locations affected by the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation. The initiation and future frequency of negative phases should also be a research priority given their prevalence in more recent centuries.

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Developing Hazard Lines in Response to Coastal Flooding and Sea Level Change

Cited by 5 publications

References 24 publications

CoastAdapt: an adaptation decision support framework for Australia’s coastal managers

CoastAdapt: an adaptation decision support framework for Australia’s coastal managers

Mapping Sea Level Rise Behavior in an Estuarine Delta System: A Case Study along the Shanghai Coast

Pacific decadal variability over the last 2000 years and implications for climatic risk

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