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Correia, Francisco Nunes; Fordham, Maureen; Saraiva, Maria da Graça; Bernardo, Fátima

doi:10.1023/a:1008092302962

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“…These studies, in particular, investigate perceived hazards from a range of stakeholders in order to predict behavioural intentions and expectations, as well as to inform and shape appropriate policy and management responses. Due to the growing prevalence and importance of public participation in planning, researchers have noted that public risk perceptions often drive the development, or prevent the implementation, of policy as much as scientific risk assessments (Brody, Zahran, Vedlitz, & Grover, 2008;Correia, Fordham, Saraiva, & Bernardo, 1998;Slaymaker, 1999;Tierney, Lindell, & Perry, 2001 In order for state and local government climate change policies to be effective, public acceptance is needed, particularly by those who stand to be impacted by the policies. At the coast, consideration of risk perceptions and attitudes towards climate change impacts for the public poses a challenge for local governments who are charged with both the responsibility to provide adequate infrastructure and services for growing populations, as well as the need to address strategic planning issues.…”

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Vulnerability and adaptation to climate change on the South Australian coast: a coastal community perspective

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2015

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia

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Over the last 20 years the intergovernmental panel on climate change has produced a number of assessments on global climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability. In 2009, the Australian government conducted its own assessment of climate change risks to the Australian coast. In South Australia, there has been progress in actions to address issues for climate change mitigation and adaptation. Of particular note are the South Australian policies on coast protection and new coastal development (1991), and coastal erosion, flooding and sea-level rise (1992). These state policies remain in place despite recent debate in the literature over global and regional rates and potential impacts of sea-level rise, which show sea-level rise is tracking at the upper end of projections. An increasing coastal population and a growing amount of coastal property and related infrastructure deemed 'at risk', is also creating pressure to review coastal policies nationwide. This paper presents an assessment of the vulnerability of the South Australian coast to the impacts of climate change from a biophysical perspective and incorporates primary research conducted into the public perceptions of risk, using data from sea change communities in regional South Australia. It investigates the social implications of, and potential for, adaptation beyond the existing policy framework. This paper argues that research into climate change-risk perceptions can offer insight into the development of more suitable adaptation policy at local and regional scales by considering the attitudes and perceptions of multiple and varied groups of coastal stakeholders. The paper concludes that perceptions of risk and opportunities for adaptation play an important role in the assessment of vulnerability, and are an important tool for informing policy decisions.

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Vulnerability and adaptation to climate change on the South Australian coast: a coastal community perspective

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2015

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“…Traditionally, floodplain protection has been evaluated, in large part, by comparing the construction costs of flood control options and the reduction of expected value of annual damages in the floodplain (Olsen et al 2000;Correia et al 1998). In this study, the effect of a storage dam located upstream of the river and a variety of permanent (levee) and emergency (sand bag and embankment) flood control options on flood damage reduction are considered along the river.…”

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Development of Optimization Schemes for Floodplain Management; A Case Study

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Water Resour Manage

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In this paper, two optimization models are presented. The first model is developed to determine economical combination of permanent and emergency flood control options and the second one is used to determine the optimal crop pattern along a river based on the assigned flood control options by the first optimization model. The optimal combination of flood protection options is determined to minimize flood damages and construction cost of flood control options along the river using the genetic algorithm (GA) optimization model. In order to consider the effects of flood control options on hydraulic characteristics of flow, two hydrological routing models for the reservoir and the river are coupled with the optimization model. Discharge-elevation and elevation-damage curves obtained based on separate hydraulic simulations of the river are used for flood damage calculations in the optimization model. The parameters of a hydrologic river routing model are also calibrated using the developed hydraulic model results. The proposed model is applied to the Kajoo river in the south-eastern part of Iran. The results demonstrate an economical integration of permanent and emergency flood control options along the river which include minimum expected value of damages related to floods with different return periods and construction cost of flood control options. Finally the resulting protection scheme is used for land use planning through identifying the optimal crop mix along the river. In this approach, the objective function of M. Karamouz et al. the optimization model is an economic function with a probabilistic framework to maximize the net benefit of agricultural activities. The study exhibits the importance of floodplain management and land use planning to achieve the development goals in the river basins.

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“…A investigação de inundações esbate, frequentemente, com dificuldades na obtenção de registos escritos, fotográficos ou de outra natureza (Correia, Fordham, Saraiva, & Bernardo, 1998). A excecionalidade de alguns eventos e o elevado grau de destruição que causaram em habitações e infraestruturas nas cidades do Porto e Gaia, mobilizou diversos serviços estatais, que produziram documentação com informação valiosa para a reconstrução, ainda que apenas parcial, das suas consequências.…”

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As inundações do rio Douro em 1909: um contributo para o seu estudo a partir dos arquivos históricos da agência portuguesa do ambiente

Vieira¹,

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2017

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Entre os dias 17 e 25 de Dezembro de 1909, as populações da cidade do Porto e de Gaia assistiram, impotentes, à destruição das suas zonas ribeirinhas, por ação da cheia do rio Douro. A subida das águas provocou imensos prejuízos nas duas margens do Douro, obrigando à intervenção de diversos organismos do estado para a sua posterior reabilitação. A partir de alguns documentos do arquivo histórico da Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente, foi possível identificar as áreas afetadas por este evento catastrófico e a real amplitude dos seus efeitos nas zonas ribeirinhas do Porto e Gaia bem como a evolução dos trabalhos a partir daí.

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Cited by 79 publications

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Vulnerability and adaptation to climate change on the South Australian coast: a coastal community perspective

Vulnerability and adaptation to climate change on the South Australian coast: a coastal community perspective

Development of Optimization Schemes for Floodplain Management; A Case Study

As inundações do rio Douro em 1909: um contributo para o seu estudo a partir dos arquivos históricos da agência portuguesa do ambiente

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