The coastal vulnerability index cvi is a relatively simple and functional method, developed to estimate the vulnerability to erosion coastline retreat of any coastal zone in relation to a future sealevel rise. Methods for assessing coastal vulnerability to climate change. The vulnerability of socioecosystem combines the probability of exposure to natural or anthropogenic pressure, sensitivity and resilience. For each coastal site, a total vulnerability index, ranging from 0 very low vulnerability to 1 very high vulnerability, was calculated as the unweighted average of the five partial vulnerability indices. Coastal vulnerability assessment of war in the pacific. Coastal vulnerability index cvi the coastal stretches of orissa are classified as low, medium, and high risk based on their vulnerability to the eight relative risk variables under study. Coastal vulnerability assessment of gateway national. Thus, coastal vulnerability assessment methods have been developed to identify and manage the vulnerable areas over the coast. The necessity of an effective risk management in urban coastal zone increases, while the climate change creates unpredictable natural hazards. With such adverse effects of climate change slowly surfacing, vinaka fiji, the charitable organisation of. Coastal vulnerability index making cities resilient. We updated the united states geological surveys usgs coastal vulnerability index, which provides a qualitative and relative assessment of a coastal areas vulnerability to erosion and shoreline retreat as a function of slr and other factors, for the south atlantic bight.
Coastal vulnerability due to extreme waves at kalpakkam. Marine coastal and water pollutions wiley online books. You can publish your book online for free in a few minutes. Vulnerability is the resources at risk from coastal hazards. The coastal vulnerability index cvi presented here is the same as that used in thieler and hammarklose 1999 and is similar to that used in gornitz and others 1994, as well as to the sensitivity index employed by shaw and others 1998. Geological survey usgs has developed a coastal vulnerability index cvi that uses a mathematical formula to determine the. The essence of icm is about the management of people and their activities and needs. Assessing coastal vulnerability index to climate change. The index is formulated with five physical variables which are relevant for the intended purpose, yet not difficult to obtain. Erosion of biodiversity by changing ocean chemistry, the intensification of global change raises the problem of the adaptation of. The bgs coastal vulnerability dataset combines multihazards within the coastal zone of england and wales. New jersey s coastal community vulnerability assessment and mapping protocol. This paper presents the development of the coastal community social vulnerability index ccsvi in order to quantify the social vulnerability of hurricaneprone areas under various scenarios of climate change. Noaa fisheries is assessing the vulnerability of fish stocks, protected species marine mammals, sea turtles and fishing communities to better understand which species may be most vulnerable and how to respond.
Vulnerability of coastal ecosystems and adaptation wiley. New jerseys coastal community vulnerability assessment. The coastal vulnerability index cvi is one of the simplest and commonly used methods to. Assessing vulnerability of coastal areas and properties find information on this topic from the massachusetts office of coastal zone management czm stormsmart coasts program. It represents the natural geological coastline around the mainland of england and wales only as if no coastal defences or made ground are present. In order to better constrain controls on coastal vulnerability and evolution, the regions sediment sources, transport pathways and sediment sinks must be identified. The cvi allows the six variables to be related in a quantifiable manner that expresses the relative vulnerability of the. The study further revealed that there are very few existing mitigation strategies developed or discussed within the obtained results. The cvi ranks the following in terms of their physical contribution to sealevel riserelated coastal change. This article focuses on the applicability of the coastal. Identify one or more methods to be operatively applied for the assessment of coastal vulnerability to climate. Coastal hazards and vulnerability by gillian cambers coastal zoneisland systems management cdcm professional development programme, 2001 42 people and icm.
Coastal changepotential assessment of sleeping bear dunes. Cvi is an index that expresses the relative vulnerability of the coast to physical changes due to future sealevel rise. Coastal waters around the globe suffer from strain due to a wide range of human activities. This article examines the vulnerability of us coastal counties to erosion by combining a socioeconomic vulnerability index with the us geological surveys physically based coastal vulnerability index. His research interests include sea currents in coastal zones, estuaries and ports, the computation of structures under oceanic conditions, and civil protection and contingency planning. The situation calls for a holistic approach, combining expertise from nature and social science, to reach a balanced and sustainable development of the coastal zone. Coastal vulnerability index cvi was used to identify and map the vulnerable coastline of oahu from sealevel rise risks. This paper proposes an easytouse coastal vulnerability index cvi to sea level rise and marine floods that is employed to examine vulnerability of the coastal area in the ravenna province italy. Hurricane sandy response linking the delmarva peninsulas. Application of coastal vulnerability index cvi on the. Through such an index diverse issues can be combined into a standardised framework. The center is part of the usgs coastalmarine hazards and resources program, which is the primary federal marine geology and physical science research program. Usgs has used this cvi for assessing coastal vulnerability against future sea level rise.
Cvi, utilizes different ranges of vulnerability low to very high to describe a coasts susceptibility to physical change as sea level rises. The cvi allows the six variables to be related in a quantifiable manner. It combines the sensitivity of the coastal zone to changes, with the ability of the coastal system to adapt to the new conditions. Implementing a flood vulnerability index in urban coastal. Coastal vulnerability assessment of war in the pacific national historical park to sealevel rise by elizabeth a. The delmarva peninsula is a 220kilometerlong headland, spit, and barrier island complex that was significantly affected by hurricane sandy. Changing climate and ocean conditions are impacting the nations valuable marine resources and the people, businesses and communities that depend on them. Areas with relatively low elevations will experience either temporal or permanent flooding, while other areas will experience increased coastal erosion. Development of a coastal vulnerability index using. Evaluation of two common vulnerability index calculation methods. Implementing a coastal dune vulnerability index cdvi to support coastal management in different settings brazil and italy duccio bertoni, giovanni sarti, fernanda alquini, daniela ciccarelli 1. Mapping natural solutions for more resilient communities. The coastal vulnerability index cvi is one of the most commonly used and simple methods to assess coastal vulnerability to sea level rise, in particular due to erosion andor inundation gornitz et al. Coastal vulnerability assessment of puducherry coast.
Pdf coastal vulnerability index cvi, is one of the predictive approaches to. Sea level rise pose many complications such as loss of land to many coastal communities, especially on islands, such as oahu. A coastal vulnerability index cvi was used to map the relative vulnerability of the coast to future sealevel rise within fire island national seashore in new york. Once each section of coastline is assigned a vulnerability value for each specific data variable, the coastal vulnerability index cvi is calculated as the square root of the product of the. The coastal vulnerability index is a relatively simple and functional method to estimate the vulnerability to erosion of any coastal zone in relation to future sea level rise. Applying a coastal vulnerability index cvi to the westfjords, iceland. A coastal vulnerability index cvi was constructed to estimate the level of vulnerability of a coastline approximately 48. Coastal vulnerability assessment for orissa state, east. But for the present study, the assessment of coastal vulnerability index based on coastal processes, the following modifications have been done from the cvi assessment done by the usgs 2004. The first methodological step for the calculation of the original formulation of cvi deals with the identification.
Vulnerability evaluation of a coastal aquifer via galdit model and comparison with drastic index using quality parameters. It combines the sensitivity of the coastal zone to changes, with the ability of the coastal system to adapt to. Coastal vulnerability index cvi for fire island national. Once each section of coastline is assigned a risk value based on each specific data variable, the coastal vulnerability index is calculated as the square root of the geometric mean, or the square root of the product of the ranked variables divided by the total number of variables as. The first methodological step for the calculation of the original formulation of cvi deals with the identification of key variables. Development of a coastal dune vulnerability index for. Coastal community vulnerability assessment and mapping. In an increasing number of communities along the massachusetts coast, erosion and flooding are causing damage even during minor storms. Vulnerability evaluation of a coastal aquifer via galdit.
Coastal vulnerability index cvi is used to map the relative vulnerability of the western pelleponese in greece for a coastal length of about 50 km. Pdf coastal hazard management involves the assessment of vulnerability in. Typically, the index is a composite of multiple quantitative indicators that via some formula, delivers a single numerical result. The coastal vulnerability index was modified for coasts where water level is falling. A vulnerability index is a measure of the exposure of a population to some hazard. Figure 3 shows a screenshot of the gis page with the cvi values for the case study area. The index allows the six physical variables to be related in a quantifiable manner. Like most of coastal fiji, beach erosion is one of the biggest issues faced by villages in the yasawa group. Region of interest is kalpakkam, a coastal town located approximately 70 km south of the metropolis chennai in tamil nadu state, india. The study reports the development of a coastal vulnerability index cvi based on extreme waves for the tamil nadu coast. The study revealed that the coastal vulnerability index cvi data along cap is mostly gathered using lowresolution satellite data andor field observation surveys. Assessment of coastal vulnerability to climate change.
Coastal vulnerability assessment studies over india. Ccvi coastal community vulnerability index crc coastal resources center at the graduate school of oceanography, university of rhode island epa environmental protection agency fssd fisheries statistics and survey division grel ghana rubber estate limited gis geographic information system icfg integrated coastal and fisheries governance. Some scenarios of extreme sea levels for different return periods and extreme flooding events were. Comparison of coastal vulnerability index applications for. 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. A coastal vulnerability index cvi was used to map the relative vulnerability of the coast to future sealevel rise within gateway national recreation area in ne w york and new jersey. Coastal community resilience indicators and rating systems. The resultant cvi is calculated and the vulnerability zones along the. An assessment of the vulnerability to erosion of the.
Coastal vulnerability assessment of the northern gulf of. Indexbased tools are particularly useful to make a. Famaradrammeh the gambia united nations nippon foundation of japan fellowship programme. Based on the weights and scores derived using ahp, vulnerability maps are prepared to demarcate areas with very low, medium and high vulnerability. This will be of particular value in areas where coastal defences are no longer maintained. This study proposes a methodology for assessing the vulnerability to sealevel rise on the atlantic coast of mainland portugal.
Social vulnerability index for coastal communities at risk. Index computation was applied to 23 coastal dune systems of two different contexts in italy, i. It highlights areas where the various effects of sealevel rise may be the greatest. This book presents a systemic view of the diversity of pressures and impacts produced by climate change and human actions. Assessing the vulnerability of alaskas coastal habitats. Coastal vulnerability and risk parameters european water. It is therefore very important to develop and implement analytical tools able to assist decisionmakers to reveal vulnerable areas and prioritize relevant mitigation and adaptation measures. Integrated coastal zone management wiley online books. Financial assistance provided by the coastal zone management act of. The coastal vulnerability index cvi presented here is similar to that used by gornitz et al. Evaluation of two common vulnerability index calculation. A combination of pvi and svi values are further utilized to compute the coastal.
The centers staff of 100 provides scientific information that contributes to decisions by other federal agencies, state and local entities, private organizations, industry, and the public about hazards, resource use. New jersey s coastal community vulnerability assessment and mapping protocol suggested citation. Assessing vulnerability of coastal areas and properties. Water free fulltext coastal vulnerability assessment.
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