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View article: POWER AND LIMITATIONS OF NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS TO ENHANCE COASTAL RESILIENCE
POWER AND LIMITATIONS OF NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS TO ENHANCE COASTAL RESILIENCE Open
Coastal communities are unquestionably threatened by sea level rise and storm intensification. Their vulnerability is primarily function of their exposure, increasing in time, resulting into cascading effects affecting the spatial and temp…
View article: ASSESSING COASTAL HAZARDS WITH SLR AND PREDICTING LONG-TERM SHORELINE CHANGES ALONG BEACH BARRIER SYSTEMS OF THE NEW ENGLAND COASTLINE, USA
ASSESSING COASTAL HAZARDS WITH SLR AND PREDICTING LONG-TERM SHORELINE CHANGES ALONG BEACH BARRIER SYSTEMS OF THE NEW ENGLAND COASTLINE, USA Open
Coastal barrier systems act as “ecosystem engineers” (EE), naturally adapting to slowly evolving seal level rise (SLR) and wave climate by regressing or transgressing. These systems adjust their morphology in response to short-term storm e…
View article: Past and Future Storm-Driven Changes to a Dynamic Sandy Barrier System: Outer Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Past and Future Storm-Driven Changes to a Dynamic Sandy Barrier System: Outer Cape Cod, Massachusetts Open
Sandy barrier systems are highly dynamic, with the most significant natural morphological changes to these systems occurring during high-energy storm conditions. These systems provide a range of economic and ecosystem benefits and protect …
View article: REINFORCING ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERS WITH ENHANCED VEGETATION AND AN ARTIFICIAL REEF ALONG THE US RHODE ISLAND COASTAL BARRIER SYSTEMS
REINFORCING ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERS WITH ENHANCED VEGETATION AND AN ARTIFICIAL REEF ALONG THE US RHODE ISLAND COASTAL BARRIER SYSTEMS Open
Beach barrier systems (BBS) act as “ecosystem engi-neers” (EE), protecting the mainland and back bays from direct wave impact and reducing storm surge and flow passing through their inlets. BBS naturally adapt to slowly evolving wave clima…
View article: 3D Morphodynamic Visualizations of Storm Impacts for Decision Support.
3D Morphodynamic Visualizations of Storm Impacts for Decision Support. Open
3D flood visualizations are commonly used by coastal managers and other experts to engage the public regarding storm impacts, and to support management decisions. 3D flood visualizations do not, however, capture physical changes to the lan…
View article: The Hazard Consequence Prediction System: A Participatory Action Research Approach to Enhance Emergency Management
The Hazard Consequence Prediction System: A Participatory Action Research Approach to Enhance Emergency Management Open
Emergency managers (EMs) need nuanced data that contextualize the local-scale risks and impacts posed by major storm events (e.g. hurricanes and nor’easters). Traditional tools available to EMs, such as weather forecasts or storm surge pre…
View article: Visualizations Out of Context: Addressing Pitfalls of Real-Time Realistic Hazard Visualizations
Visualizations Out of Context: Addressing Pitfalls of Real-Time Realistic Hazard Visualizations Open
Realistic 3D hazard visualizations based on advanced Geographic Information Systems (GIS) may be directly driven by hydrodynamic and wind model outputs (e.g., ADCIRC, the ADvanced CIRCulation Model) and hazard impact modeling (e.g., predic…
View article: Assessing the Multiple Impacts of Extreme Hurricanes in Southern New England, USA
Assessing the Multiple Impacts of Extreme Hurricanes in Southern New England, USA Open
The southern New England coast of the United States is particularly vulnerable to land-falling hurricanes because of its east-west orientation. The impact of two major hurricanes on the city of Providence (Rhode Island, USA) during the mid…
View article: Developing Consequence Thresholds for Storm Models Through Participatory Processes: Case Study of Westerly Rhode Island
Developing Consequence Thresholds for Storm Models Through Participatory Processes: Case Study of Westerly Rhode Island Open
Emergency managers face challenges in understanding and communicating potential hurricane hazards. Preparedness typically emphasizes the last event encountered, the potential implications of future hazards may thus be underestimated. Risk …
View article: Real-Time Chronological Hazard Impact Modeling
Real-Time Chronological Hazard Impact Modeling Open
The potential of using ADvanced CIRCulation model (ADCIRC) to assess the time incremented progression of hazard impacts on individual critical facilities has long been recognized but is not well described. As ADCIRC is applied to create gr…
View article: DEPICTING THE CONSEQUENCES OF STORM SURGE RISK COMMUNICATION OPPORTUNITIES AND ETHICS
DEPICTING THE CONSEQUENCES OF STORM SURGE RISK COMMUNICATION OPPORTUNITIES AND ETHICS Open
To better communicate the risks of storm surge, scientists and engineers are employing novel 3d visualizations. In many cases, these visualizations are deliberately used in, or leak into mass media contexts that are not addressed by curren…
View article: STORMTOOLS: Coastal Environmental Risk Index (CERI)
STORMTOOLS: Coastal Environmental Risk Index (CERI) Open
One of the challenges facing coastal zone managers and municipal planners is the development of an objective, quantitative assessment of the risk to structures, infrastructure, and public safety that coastal communities face from storm sur…