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Distributed process modeling for regional assessment of coastal vulnerability to sea-level rise
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posted on 2001-03-01, 00:00 authored by Brett BryanBrett Bryan, N Harvey, T Belperio, B BourmanSea-level rise involves increases in the coastal processes of inundation and erosion which are affected by a complex interplay of physical environmental parameters at the coast. Many assessments of coastal vulnerability to sea-level rise have been detailed and localised in extent. There is a need for regional assessment techniques which identify areas vulnerable to sea-level rise. Four physical environmental parameters - elevation, exposure, aspect and slope, are modeled on a regional scale for the Northern Spencer Gulf (NSG) study area using commonly available low-resolution elevation data of 10 m contour interval and GIS-based spatial modeling techniques. For comparison, the same parameters are modeled on a fine-scale for the False Bay area within the NSG using high-resolution elevation data. Physical environmental parameters on the two scales are statistically compared to coastal vulnerability classes as identified by Harvey et al. [1] using the Spearman rank-correlation test and stepwise linear regression. Coastal vulnerability is strongly correlated with elevation and exposure at both scales and this relationship is only slightly stronger for the high resolution False Bay data. The results of this study suggest that regional scale distributed coastal process modeling may be suitable as a "first cut" in assessing coastal vulnerability to sea-level rise in tide-dominated, sedimentary coastal regions. Distributed coastal process modeling provides a suitable basis for the assessment of coastal vulnerability to sea-level rise of sufficient accuracy for on-ground management and priority-setting on a regional scale.
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Environmental modeling and assessmentVolume
6Issue
1Pagination
57 - 65Publisher
Kluwer Academic PublishersLocation
Dordrecht, The NetherlandsPublisher DOI
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1420-2026eISSN
1573-2967Language
engPublication classification
C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2001, Kluwer Academic PublishersUsage metrics
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