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Displaying 120 of about 365 resultsThe aim of this study is to provide the City of Boston with a preliminary assessment of the feasibilities and potential benefits, costs, and environmental impacts of three harbor-wide barrier configurations. The analysis was conducted by a multidisciplinary team of environmental scientists, engineers, economists, planners, and lawyers, drawing upon a wi…
Over one quarter of the units of the National Park System occur along ocean coastlines. Ongoing changes in relative sea levels and the potential for increasing storm surges due to anthropogenic climate change and other factors present challenges to national park managers.
This report summarizes work done by the University of Colorado in partnership wit…
The combination of population growth in areas of mixed (residential, commercial, and industrial) land use along U.S. waterfronts and the increasing frequency of devastating hurricanes and storm surges has led to community fears of widespread toxic chemical contamination resulting from accidental industrial or small business releases, particularly in the…
Global warming is expected to drive increasing extreme sea levels (ESLs) and flood risk along the world’s coastlines. This paper presents probabilistic projections of ESLs for the present century taking into consideration changes in mean sea level, tides, wind-waves, and storm surges. Between the year 2000 and 2100 this paper projects a very likely…
This analysis estimates the number of homes and commercial properties throughout the coastal United States that will be put at risk from chronic, disruptive flooding—defined as flooding that occurs 26 times per year or more—in the coming decades. It brings together data on coastal regions that are projected to experience this type of flooding, and…
This report consists of a regional economic vulnerability assessment using flooding projections developed by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Coastal Storm Modeling System and economic activity and asset data available for San Diego County.
The economic vulnerability assessment seeks to identify whether important parts of the economic base of…
The UNCTAD secretariat carried out an online port industry survey to help improve the understanding of weather and climaterelated impacts on ports and to identify data availability and information needs, as well as determine current levels of resilience and preparedness among ports. The present report relates the key findings of the survey, together wit…
This report provides an overview of research findings from the 2013 to 2018 Gibika project to improve the understanding of how environmental stress and climatic changes influence people’s livelihood resilience and lives in Bangladesh.
Gibika is a five-year research-to-action project between United Nations University - Institute for Environment and…
This paper provides background information on critical flooding problems in the Houston and Harris County areas as a result of Hurricane Harvey, presents an update on progress made to date, discusses successes and shortcomings of existing flood mitigation plans, and shares some ideas about moving forward with plans for the future.
First, the issues of…
This paper examines how US markets price coastal real estate in relation to the long-run risks and uncertainty of sea level rise (SLR). Consistent with causal identification of long horizon SLR costs, this paper finds no relation between SLR exposure and rental rates and a 4% discount among properties not projected to be flooded for almost a c…
The purpose of this review is to examine cyclone and storm tide sheltering arrangements in relation to reducing the risk to communities and how communities are engaged, particularly vulnerable persons. Its’ emphasis is to identify and validate that sheltering arrangements, public engagement strategies including vulnerable populations are commensurate wi…
The objective of this paper was to investigate the short-term impact of Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest typhoons ever to make landfall, on the pattern of admissions in two hospitals in Eastern Visayas, the Philippines.
This study took place at Eastern Visayas Regional Medical Center (EVRMC) in Tacloban, and Ormoc District Hospital (ODH) in Ormoc.…
This handbook demonstrates how to combat natural disasters in tourist areas and mitigate their impacts. It guides the reader through disaster onset to post-disaster reconstruction and the relaunching of a tourist destination. It considers hazards such as: (i) tropical cyclones and associated storm surges; (ii) flooding, including coastal flooding, estua…
This publication provides an overview of some the most important land-related environmental and climate change problems that the world is facing, such as environmental hazards and increasing threats in coastal areas due to sea water rise and severe weather risk in the form of droughts, floods, and storms. It presents a global overview of these issues in…
This report explores the answer to a difficult question: what are the potential costs for coastal adaptation from 2010 until 2050 in response to human-induced climate change? It analyses sea-level rise as a climate driver, and considers the possibility of enhanced storm impacts due to higher water levels in areas subject to tropical storms and cyclones…