Are we underestimating the risk of coastal flooding in Europe? The relevance of critical infrastructure

The effects of climate change imply an increase in the risk levels due to coastal flooding. These areas present a high concentration of population and economic activity. The failure of critical infrastructures (CI) serving these communities can have significant impacts on these sectors. This study a...

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Autores: Barrios Crespo, Esther, Torres Ortega, Saúl|||0000-0003-0619-2608, Díaz Simal, Pedro|||0000-0002-8645-952X
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Repositorio:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Idioma:inglés
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10902/32322
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Palabra clave:Critical infrastructure
Coastal flooding
Exposure
Europe
Risk analysis
Climate change
Indirect risk
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spelling Are we underestimating the risk of coastal flooding in Europe? The relevance of critical infrastructureBarrios Crespo, EstherTorres Ortega, Saúl|||0000-0003-0619-2608Díaz Simal, Pedro|||0000-0002-8645-952XCritical infrastructureCoastal floodingExposureEuropeRisk analysisClimate changeIndirect riskThe effects of climate change imply an increase in the risk levels due to coastal flooding. These areas present a high concentration of population and economic activity. The failure of critical infrastructures (CI) serving these communities can have significant impacts on these sectors. This study aims to analyze the risk and its future evolution due to climate change in coastal areas, considering the increased impact that the population would experience if the CI (of the energy or water and waste treatment sectors) were affected by coastal flooding. The methodology used has made it possible to analyze the risk of the Functional Urban Areas (FUA) of the European coasts, identifying the areas in which the level of risk to the population is significantly underestimated. In some of these areas and scenarios, the population affected by coastal flooding if the failure of the CI occurs would be up to 4.5 times higher than what is estimated if only their direct impact is considered.This research was partially supported by the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación through the grant COASTALfutures (PDI2021-126506OB-100), the ThinkInAzul programme (with funding from European Union NextGenerationEU/PRTR-C17.I1 and the Comunidad de Cantabria) and by the Comunidad de Cantabria through the FENIX Project (GFLOOD).MDPIUniversidad de Cantabria20232023-11-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501NAhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_be7fb7dd8ff6fe43info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttps://hdl.handle.net/10902/32322Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2023, 11(11), 2146reponame:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabriainstname:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/323222026-06-02T12:39:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Are we underestimating the risk of coastal flooding in Europe? The relevance of critical infrastructure
title Are we underestimating the risk of coastal flooding in Europe? The relevance of critical infrastructure
spellingShingle Are we underestimating the risk of coastal flooding in Europe? The relevance of critical infrastructure
Barrios Crespo, Esther
Critical infrastructure
Coastal flooding
Exposure
Europe
Risk analysis
Climate change
Indirect risk
title_short Are we underestimating the risk of coastal flooding in Europe? The relevance of critical infrastructure
title_full Are we underestimating the risk of coastal flooding in Europe? The relevance of critical infrastructure
title_fullStr Are we underestimating the risk of coastal flooding in Europe? The relevance of critical infrastructure
title_full_unstemmed Are we underestimating the risk of coastal flooding in Europe? The relevance of critical infrastructure
title_sort Are we underestimating the risk of coastal flooding in Europe? The relevance of critical infrastructure
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Barrios Crespo, Esther
Torres Ortega, Saúl|||0000-0003-0619-2608
Díaz Simal, Pedro|||0000-0002-8645-952X
author Barrios Crespo, Esther
author_facet Barrios Crespo, Esther
Torres Ortega, Saúl|||0000-0003-0619-2608
Díaz Simal, Pedro|||0000-0002-8645-952X
author_role author
author2 Torres Ortega, Saúl|||0000-0003-0619-2608
Díaz Simal, Pedro|||0000-0002-8645-952X
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidad de Cantabria
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Critical infrastructure
Coastal flooding
Exposure
Europe
Risk analysis
Climate change
Indirect risk
topic Critical infrastructure
Coastal flooding
Exposure
Europe
Risk analysis
Climate change
Indirect risk
description The effects of climate change imply an increase in the risk levels due to coastal flooding. These areas present a high concentration of population and economic activity. The failure of critical infrastructures (CI) serving these communities can have significant impacts on these sectors. This study aims to analyze the risk and its future evolution due to climate change in coastal areas, considering the increased impact that the population would experience if the CI (of the energy or water and waste treatment sectors) were affected by coastal flooding. The methodology used has made it possible to analyze the risk of the Functional Urban Areas (FUA) of the European coasts, identifying the areas in which the level of risk to the population is significantly underestimated. In some of these areas and scenarios, the population affected by coastal flooding if the failure of the CI occurs would be up to 4.5 times higher than what is estimated if only their direct impact is considered.
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