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| dc.title | Estimating and mapping natural hazards and risk reduction provided by coastal ecosystems |
| dc.contributor.author | Arkema, Katie |
| dc.contributor.author | Bailey, Allison |
| dc.contributor.author | Chávez Cerón, Valeria |
| dc.contributor.author | Guerrero Compeán, Roberto |
| dc.contributor.author | Menéndez Fernandez, Pelayo |
| dc.contributor.author | Reguero, Borja |
| dc.contributor.author | Ruckelshaus, Mary |
| dc.contributor.author | Silver, Jessica |
| dc.contributor.orgunit | Environment, Rural Development and Risk Management Division |
| dc.coverage | Bahamas |
| dc.date.available | 2023-06-29T00:06:00 |
| dc.date.issue | 2023-06-29T00:06:00 |
| dc.description.abstract | We present two case studies in which coastal vulnerability modeling was used to quantify the role those coastal ecosystems play in reducing risk to coastal communities now and with future sea-level rise. These analyses were used to inform post-disaster reconstruction and coastal resilience building efforts as well as climate change adaptation strategies. Our goal is to quantify the role that coastal habitat plays in reducing risk to people and shoreline under current conditions and with future sea level rise (SLR). With SLR, we find that the extent of shoreline most exposed to coastal hazards would more than double, and the total population would nearly triple in The Bahamas. Similarly, the population living along high-risk shorelines increases by over 10x if habitat is lost and sea level rise is accounted for in the Mesoamerican Reef. |
| dc.format.extent | 22 |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0004971 |
| dc.identifier.url | https://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Estimating-and-mapping-natural-hazards-and-risk-reduction-provided-by-coastal-ecosystems.pdf |
| dc.language.iso | en |
| dc.publisher | Inter-American Development Bank |
| dc.subject | Risk Management |
| dc.subject | Coastal Hazard |
| dc.subject | Disaster Risk Management |
| dc.subject | Sea Level Rise |
| dc.subject | Educational Institution |
| dc.subject | Natural Disaster |
| dc.subject | Flood Damage |
| dc.subject.jelcode | C63 - Computational Techniques • Simulation Modeling |
| dc.subject.jelcode | Q20 - Renewable Resources and Conservation: General |
| dc.subject.jelcode | Q54 - Climate • Natural Disasters and Their Management • Global Warming |
| dc.subject.keywords | Disaster risk reduction;coastal ecosystems;sea level rise;climate change |
| dc.type | Working Papers |
| idb.identifier.pubnumber | IDB-WP-01332 |
| idb.operation | RG-T3081 |