Response – Responding to the Risks from Climate Change on the Coast
Background and Goals
The three-year project demonstrates a process for assessing current and future disasters and risks on the coastline. The hazard and risk assessment is achieved through the production of a series of maps at a regional scale. These maps provide an understanding of the pattern and scale of future coastal change and can assist responsible authorities and decision-makers in optimising limited resources effectively. Future hazard and risk projections are based on the sensitivity of geomorphological, geological and anthropogenic factors in the coastal zone, against which climate change scenarios are considered. Within the framework of the project, five case studies are considered, in the UK, France and Italy. In addition, examples of good practice in sustainable coastal risk management are compiled.
The aim of the project is to produce a guideline to preparing risk maps that show the likely pattern of future risks in coastal areas (area or district level), instead of examining one point location. The cards are intended to serve as a decision-making support tool.
Content time
toResearch area/region
Country
- France
- Great Britain
- Italy
Spatial resolution
Südküste Englands (Ärmelkanal), Küste Nord Yorkshire (Nordsee), Marken (Adria), Aquitain (Atlantikküste), Languedoc-Roussilon (Mittelmeer)
Steps in the process of adaptation to climate change
Step 1: Understand and describe climate change
Approach and results
Production of maps indicating the extent and pattern of future climatic changes. The IPCC projections provide a basis for climate changes.
Parameter (climate signals)
- Sea level rise und storm surges
Step 2a: Identify and assess risks - climate effects and impact
Approach and results
The project focuses on the effects and risks of sea level descent for erosion, landslides and flooding. The project approach is based on the sensitivity of different coastal types in terms of the likelihood and consequences of (climate) changes depending on the particular vulnerability of the environmental situation and the specific population patterns.
Step 3: Develop and compare measures
Measures and/or strategies
To be considered only indirectly: The project aims to highlight the climate change-related risks in coastal areas, so that decision makers are prepared and can be integrated into planning processes.
Time horizon
- 2071–2100 (far future)
Participants
Funding / Financing
Financed by LIFE, European Union
Project management
Isle of Wight Centre for the Coastal Environment, Isle of Wight Council, UK
Cooperation/Partners
- IRPI Institute of Perugia, National Research Council (CNR), Italy;
- Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières, France;
- Regione Marche, Autorità di Bacino Regionale, Italy;
- Provincia di Macerata, Italy; Provincia di Pesaro e Urbino, Italy;
- Scarborough Borough Council, United Kingdom;
- Maritime Office in Gdynia (Urzad Morski w Gdyni), Poland;
- SCOPAC Regional Coastal Group, England;
Contact
Isle of Wight Council Isle of Wight Centre for the Coastal Environment
Dudley Road
PO38 1EJ Ventor, Isle of Wight
United Kingdom
