How to Define Priorities in Coastal Vulnerability Assessment

Serio, Francesca De; Armenio, Elvira; Mossa, Michele; Petrillo, Antonio

doi:10.3390/geosciences8110415

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“…In addition to the basic geomorphological and forcing characteristics, the socioeconomic context reaches more importance in any vulnerability assessment because the changes of coastal systems due to social, economic, and built-environment variables occur frequently and rapidly, even more than those due to physical processes [118,119] (Figure 1). For example, Narra et al [43] proposed the coastal-erosion risk assessment methodology CERA2.0 that considers indicators as population density, infrastructures, and ecology, together with geomorphology, coastal defenses, and short-and long-term shoreline erosion due to extreme events.…”

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Coastal Sensitivity/Vulnerability Characterization and Adaptation Strategies: A Review

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Postacchini

Luccio

et al. 2021

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Coastal area constitutes a vulnerable environment and requires special attention to preserve ecosystems and human activities therein. To this aim, many studies have been devoted both in past and recent years to analyzing the main factors affecting coastal vulnerability and susceptibility. Among the most used approaches, the Coastal Vulnerability Index (CVI) accounts for all relevant variables that characterize the coastal environment dealing with: (i) forcing actions (waves, tidal range, sea-level rise, etc.), (ii) morphological characteristics (geomorphology, foreshore slope, dune features, etc.), (iii) socio-economic, ecological and cultural aspects (tourism activities, natural habitats, etc.). Each variable is evaluated at each portion of the investigated coast, and associated with a vulnerability level which usually ranges from 1 (very low vulnerability), to 5 (very high vulnerability). Following a susceptibility/vulnerability analysis of a coastal stretch, specific strategies must be chosen and implemented to favor coastal resilience and adaptation, spanning from hard solutions (e.g., groins, breakwaters, etc.) to soft solutions (e.g., beach and dune nourishment projects), to the relocation option and the establishment of accommodation strategies (e.g., emergency preparedness).

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Coastal Sensitivity/Vulnerability Characterization and Adaptation Strategies: A Review

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Postacchini

Luccio

et al. 2021

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“…Because of difficulties in obtaining and classifying the socio-economic data, such parameters are often excluded from the CVI calculation. it is worth noting that the CVI calculation proposed by ( Gornitz et al, 1994 ; Koroglu et al, 2019 ) has been adopted in several studies to assess coastal vulnerability and that, often, the parameters representative of coastal vulnerability is combined in different types of ICVI ( Cogswell et al, 2018 ; De Serio et al, 2018 ; Doukakis, 2005 ; McLaughlin and Cooper, 2010 ).…”

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Coastal vulnerability analysis to support strategies for tackling COVID-19 infection

Armenio¹,

Mossa²,

Petrillo³

2021

Ocean & Coastal Management

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The recent COVID-19 pandemic has constrained world governments to impose measures of restraint and social distancing which also involves coastal areas. One of the most affected activities is tourism due to travel restrictions imposed by precautionary measures. This is also reflected in the recreative use of the coastal strip. Consequently, beaches and coastal stretches of small municipalities can potentially become contagious outbreaks of COVID-19 if adequate control and management measures are not promptly implemented. During the 20th century, several factors, both natural and human induced, caused alterations to coastal processes and consequently to the services they were providing. Coastal environments are very vulnerable and sensitive to change. This raises the need for careful assessment prior to any intervention or strategy involving the coastal system. Several literature studies have been focused both in the past and in recent years on examining the main factors affecting coastal vulnerability highlighting critical issues and shortcomings. The present paper, addressing all critical issues from literature review, illustrates a consistent methodology to support coastal management which combines both physical and socio-economic aspects and provides for the quantification of two different coastal vulnerability indices. The approach adopted has led to a distinction of different coastal peculiarities and a mapping of risk levels providing, in addition, the basis for the implementation of strategies risks related to COVID-19. The methodology proposed can be a useful reference in several areas, in demonstrating its effectiveness it has been applied with respect to a coastal area in southern Italy.

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“…This method is increasingly used in the design of decision support systems based on a multi-attribute approach since it is easy to implement in computer systems and its mathematical model presents a relatively simple algebraic calculation [34]. This method has been used to design decision systems, such as risk zones and landslide susceptibility mapping (e.g., [42][43][44][45]), earthquake hazard (e.g., [46]), flood zones (e.g., [47,48]), and coastal vulnerability assessment (e.g., [22,[49][50][51][52][53]). The advantages of this method are pointed out in [34].…”

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Coastal Vulnerability Assessment Due to Sea Level Rise: The Case Study of the Atlantic Coast of Mainland Portugal

Rocha

Antunes

Catita

2020

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Sea level rise, a consequence of climate change, is one of the biggest challenges that countries and regions with coastal lowlands will face in the medium term. This study proposes a methodology for assessing the vulnerability to sea-level rise on the Atlantic coast of mainland Portugal. Some scenarios of extreme sea levels for different return periods and extreme flooding events were estimated for 2050 and 2100, as proposed by the European Directive 2007/60/EC. A set of physical parameters are considered for the multi-attribute analysis based on the Analytic Hierarchy Process, in order to define a Physical Vulnerability Index fundamental to assess coastal vulnerability. For each sea-level rise scenario, coastal vulnerability maps, with a spatial resolution of 20 m, are produced at a national scale to identify areas more vulnerable to sea-level rise, which are key elements for triggering adaptation plans for such vulnerable regions. For 2050 and 2100, it is estimated that there will be 903 and 1146 km2 of vulnerable areas, respectively; the Lisbon district being identified as the most vulnerable in both scenarios. Results are available as a Web Map Service for the Portuguese public entities, and through a web map viewer for the public and communities in general.

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How to Define Priorities in Coastal Vulnerability Assessment

Cited by 41 publications

References 41 publications

Coastal Sensitivity/Vulnerability Characterization and Adaptation Strategies: A Review

Coastal Sensitivity/Vulnerability Characterization and Adaptation Strategies: A Review

Coastal vulnerability analysis to support strategies for tackling COVID-19 infection

Coastal Vulnerability Assessment Due to Sea Level Rise: The Case Study of the Atlantic Coast of Mainland Portugal

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