scholarly journals Shifting perspectives on coastal impacts and adaptation

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (9) ◽  
pp. 752-755 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sally Brown ◽  
Robert J. Nicholls ◽  
Susan Hanson ◽  
Geoff Brundrit ◽  
John A. Dearing ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Impacts

Coastal Impacts by the 12 January 2010 Earthquake and Tsunamis in Haiti

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hermann M. Fritz ◽  
Jean Vilmond Hillaire ◽  
Emanuel Molière ◽  
Fahad Mohammed ◽  
Yong Wei
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Impacts

On the influence of ENSO complexity on Pan-Pacific coastal wave extremes

2021 ◽  
Vol 118 (47) ◽  
pp. e2115599118
Author(s):  
Julien Boucharel ◽  
Rafael Almar ◽  
Elodie Kestenare ◽  
Fei-Fei Jin
Keyword(s):  
Southern Oscillation ◽  
Wave Activity ◽  
Spatial Behavior ◽  
Coastal Hazards ◽  
Climate Control ◽  
Enso Events ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Coastal Impacts ◽  
Climate Mode

Wind-generated waves are dominant drivers of coastal dynamics and vulnerability, which have considerable impacts on littoral ecosystems and socioeconomic activities. It is therefore paramount to improve coastal hazards predictions through the better understanding of connections between wave activity and climate variability. In the Pacific, the dominant climate mode is El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO), which has known a renaissance of scientific interest leading to great theoretical advances in the past decade. Yet studies on ENSO’s coastal impacts still rely on the oversimplified picture of the canonical dipole across the Pacific. Here, we consider the full ENSO variety to delineate its essential teleconnection pathways to tropical and extratropical storminess. These robust seasonally modulated relationships allow us to develop a mathematical model of coastal wave modulation essentially driven by ENSO’s complex temporal and spatial behavior. Accounting for this nonlinear climate control on Pan-Pacific wave activity leads to a much better characterization of waves’ seasonal to interannual variability (+25% in explained variance) and intensity of extremes (+60% for strong ENSO events), therefore paving the way for significantly more accurate forecasts than formerly possible with the previous baseline understanding of ENSO’s influence on coastal hazards.

Coastal Impacts Around Guadiaro River Mouth (Spain)

2014 ◽  
pp. 187-190
Author(s):  
J. Javier Diez ◽  
Rodriguez Fernando ◽  
Efren M. Veiga
Keyword(s):  
River Mouth ◽  
Coastal Impacts

scholarly journals Pathways to Coastal Resiliency: The Adaptive Gradients Framework

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 2629 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisabeth Hamin ◽  
Yaser Abunnasr ◽  
Max Roman Dilthey ◽  
Pamela Judge ◽  
Melissa Kenney ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Structural Features ◽  
Evaluation Framework ◽  
Social Benefits ◽  
Expert Review ◽  
Exposure Reduction ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Reduction ◽  
Coastal Impacts ◽  
Hybrid Solutions ◽  
The Face

Current and future climate-related coastal impacts such as catastrophic and repetitive flooding, hurricane intensity, and sea level rise necessitate a new approach to developing and managing coastal infrastructure. Traditional “hard” or “grey” engineering solutions are proving both expensive and inflexible in the face of a rapidly changing coastal environment. Hybrid solutions that incorporate natural, nature-based, structural, and non-structural features may better achieve a broad set of goals such as ecological enhancement, long-term adaptation, and social benefits, but broad consideration and uptake of these approaches has been slow. One barrier to the widespread implementation of hybrid solutions is the lack of a relatively quick but holistic evaluation framework that places these broader environmental and societal goals on equal footing with the more traditional goal of exposure reduction. To respond to this need, the Adaptive Gradients Framework was developed and pilot-tested as a qualitative, flexible, and collaborative process guide for organizations to understand, evaluate, and potentially select more diverse kinds of infrastructural responses. These responses would ideally include natural, nature-based, and regulatory/cultural approaches, as well as hybrid designs combining multiple approaches. It enables rapid expert review of project designs based on eight metrics called “gradients”, which include exposure reduction, cost efficiency, institutional capacity, ecological enhancement, adaptation over time, greenhouse gas reduction, participatory process, and social benefits. The framework was conceptualized and developed in three phases: relevant factors and barriers were collected from practitioners and experts by survey; these factors were ranked by importance and used to develop the initial framework; several case studies were iteratively evaluated using this technique; and the framework was finalized for implementation. The article presents the framework and a pilot test of its application, along with resources that would enable wider application of the framework by practitioners and theorists.

scholarly journals Coastal Impacts of the March 11th Tohoku, Japan Tsunami in the Galapagos Islands

2012 ◽  
Vol 170 (6-8) ◽  
pp. 1189-1206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Lynett ◽  
Robert Weiss ◽  
Willington Renteria ◽  
Giorgio De La Torre Morales ◽  
Sangyoung Son ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Galapagos Islands ◽  
Galápagos Islands ◽  
Coastal Impacts

scholarly journals Coastal Impacts, Recovery, and Resilience Post-Hurricane Sandy in the Northeastern US

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 (7) ◽  
pp. 1603-1609
Author(s):  
Amanda L. Babson ◽  
Richard O. Bennett ◽  
Susan Adamowicz ◽  
Sara Stevens
Keyword(s):  
Special Section ◽  
Hurricane Sandy ◽  
Storm Events ◽  
Central Question ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Management Actions ◽  
Coastal Impacts ◽  
Coastal Resilience ◽  
Research Advance ◽  
Unpublished Research

Abstract Post-Hurricane Sandy research has improved our understanding of coastal resilience during major storm events, accelerated sea level rise, and other climate-related factors, helping to enhance science-based decision-making, restoration, and management of coastal systems. The central question this special section examines is: “looking across the breadth of research, natural resource management actions and restoration projects post-Hurricane Sandy, what can we say about coastal impact, recovery, and resilience to prepare for increasing impacts of future storms?” These five studies, along with lessons from other published and unpublished research, advance our understanding beyond just the documentation of hurricane impacts but also highlights both natural and managed recovery, thereby advancing the developing field of coastal resilience.

scholarly journals Late glacial and Holocene landscape change and rapid climate and coastal impacts in the Canal Beagle, southernmost Patagonia

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (8) ◽  
pp. 674-684 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. D. MCCULLOCH ◽  
C. A. Mansilla ◽  
F. Morello ◽  
R. De Pol‐Holz ◽  
M. San Román ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Landscape Change ◽  
Late Glacial ◽  
Coastal Impacts ◽  
Late Glacial And Holocene

scholarly journals Coastal Impacts Due to Sea-Level Rise

2008 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 601-647 ◽  
Author(s):  
Duncan M. FitzGerald ◽  
Michael S. Fenster ◽  
Britt A. Argow ◽  
Ilya V. Buynevich
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Coastal Impacts
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