scholarly journals Final report for sea-level rise response modeling for San Francisco Bay estuary tidal marshes

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Y. Takekawa ◽  
Karen M. Thorne ◽  
Kevin J. Buffington ◽  
Kyle A. Spragens ◽  
Kathleen M. Swanson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
San Francisco Bay ◽  
Tidal Marshes ◽  
Final Report ◽  
San Francisco Bay Estuary ◽  
Response Modeling

scholarly journals Adapting to sea level rise: Emerging governance issues in the San Francisco Bay Region

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro J. Pinto ◽  
G. Mathias Kondolf ◽  
Pun Lok Raymond Wong
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Path Dependence ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
San Francisco Bay ◽  
Metropolitan Region ◽  
Environmental Benefit ◽  
Formidable Challenge

San Francisco Bay, the largest estuary on the Pacific Coast of North America, is heavily encroached by a metropolitan region with over 7 million inhabitants. Urban development and infrastructure, much of which built over landfill and at the cost of former baylands, were placed at very low elevations. Sea-level rise (SLR) poses a formidable challenge to these highly exposed urban areas and already stressed natural systems. “Green”, or ecosystem-based, adaptation is already on the way around the Bay. Large scale wetland restoration projects have already been concluded, and further action now often requires articulation with the reinforcement of flood defense structures, given the level of urban encroachment. While levee setback, or removal, would provide greater environmental benefit, the need to protect urban areas and infrastructure has led to the trial of ingenious solutions for promoting wetland resilience while upgrading the level of protection granted by levees.We analyzed the Bay’s environmental governance and planning structure, through direct observation, interviews with stakeholders, and study of planning documents and projects. We present two cases where actual implementation of SLR adaptation has led, or may lead to, the need to revise standards & practices or to make uneasy choices between conflicting public interests.Among the region’s stakeholders, there is an increasing awareness of the risks related to SLR, but the institutional arrangements are complex, and communication between the different public agencies/departments is not always as streamlined as it could be. Some agencies and departments need to adapt their procedures in order to remove institutional barriers to adaptation, but path dependence is an obstacle. There is evidence that more frank and regular communication between public actors is needed. It also emphasizes the benefits of a coordination of efforts and strategies, something that was eroded in the transition from government-led policies to a new paradigm of local-based adaptive governance.

Changes in Liquefaction Severity in the San Francisco Bay Area with Sea-Level Rise

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex R. R. Grant ◽  
Anne M. Wein ◽  
Kevin M. Befus ◽  
Juliette Finzi Hart ◽  
Mike T. Frame ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
San Francisco Bay ◽  
San Francisco Bay Area ◽  
Bay Area

scholarly journals Mudflat Morphodynamics and the Impact of Sea Level Rise in South San Francisco Bay

2016 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mick van der Wegen ◽  
Bruce Jaffe ◽  
Amy Foxgrover ◽  
Dano Roelvink
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
San Francisco Bay ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Impacts of representing sea-level rise uncertainty on future flood risks: An example from San Francisco Bay

PLoS ONE ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. e0174666 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelsey L. Ruckert ◽  
Perry C. Oddo ◽  
Klaus Keller
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
San Francisco Bay ◽  
Flood Risks

Projected sea-level rise impacts on the salt marsh landscapes of San Francisco Bay, California and its resident salt marsh wildlife species

2013 ◽  
Vol 310 ◽  
pp. 243-244
Author(s):  
John Takekawa ◽  
Karen Thorne ◽  
Kyle Spragens ◽  
Michael Casazza ◽  
Cory Overton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Salt Marsh ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
San Francisco Bay ◽  
Wildlife Species ◽  
Sea Level Rise Impacts

scholarly journals Collective action problems and governance barriers to sea-level rise adaptation in San Francisco Bay

2021 ◽  
Vol 167 (3-4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Lubell ◽  
Mark Stacey ◽  
Michelle A. Hummel
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Climate Adaptation ◽  
San Francisco Bay ◽  
Diagnostic Approach ◽  
Governance System ◽  
Collective Action Problems ◽  
Sea Level Rise Adaptation

AbstractThis paper translates Ostrom’s “diagnostic approach” for social-ecological systems to identify the collective action problems and core governance barriers for sea-level rise adaptation in the San Francisco Bay Area. The diagnostic approach considers variables related to the resource system, the resource units, the users, and the governance system. Coupled ecological-infrastructure models identify two core collective action problems: vulnerability interdependency and adaptation interdependency. Qualitative social science case study methods identify the key structural governance and behavioral barriers to cooperation and ongoing activities to address them. The diagnostic approach is potentially applicable to any coastal regions that are vulnerable to sea-level rise and also other climate adaptation issues where vulnerability and adaptation interdependencies require overcoming governance challenges to collective action.

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