Regional vulnerability analysis of Catalan beaches to storms

A framework to estimate coastal vulnerability to storm impacts at a regional scale is presented. It assesses the physical coastal vulnerability to storm impacts by separately estimating two components: flooding and erosion. It covers the following steps: (i)characterization of the forcing, (ii) eval...

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Autores: Mendoza Ponce, Ernesto Tonatiuh, Jiménez Quintana, José Antonio|||0000-0003-0900-4684
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/7164
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/7164
https://dx.doi.org/10.1680/maen.2009.162.3.127
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Beaches--Spain--Catalonia
erosion
inundation
Mediterranean Sea
coastal hazards
Platges -- Erosió
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Enginyeria hidràulica, marítima i sanitària::Ports i costes
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spelling Regional vulnerability analysis of Catalan beaches to stormsMendoza Ponce, Ernesto TonatiuhJiménez Quintana, José Antonio|||0000-0003-0900-4684Beaches--Spain--CataloniaerosioninundationMediterranean Seacoastal hazardsPlatges -- ErosióÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Enginyeria hidràulica, marítima i sanitària::Ports i costesA framework to estimate coastal vulnerability to storm impacts at a regional scale is presented. It assesses the physical coastal vulnerability to storm impacts by separately estimating two components: flooding and erosion. It covers the following steps: (i)characterization of the forcing, (ii) evaluation of the induced beach response – inundation and erosion – (hazards quantification), (iii) coastal zone characterization, (iv) definition of a coastal vulnerability index to storms – a composite of two partial vulnerability estimations, the flood vulnerability and the erosion vulnerability indices-, and (v) assessment of the coastal vulnerability. Instead of assessing the vulnerability associated with a given storm, the forcing is defined in terms of representative storms which are obtained by classifying storms in the area using a 5-class system similar to that used for hurricanes (weak, moderate, significant, severe and extreme). Later, a vulnerability assessment for the entire coast to each storm category is produced. The method has been derived for and applied to the Catalan coast (NW Mediterranean) but can be easily adapted to other coasts. It permits managers to identify 3 coastal stretches sensitive to a given storm class for a given induced hazard (flooding, erosion or combination of both) to decide where to take actions.Peer Reviewed20092009-09-0120102010-05-11journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501AOhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_b1a7d7d4d402bcceinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2117/7164https://dx.doi.org/10.1680/maen.2009.162.3.127reponame:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPCinstname:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/71642026-05-27T15:37:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Regional vulnerability analysis of Catalan beaches to storms
title Regional vulnerability analysis of Catalan beaches to storms
spellingShingle Regional vulnerability analysis of Catalan beaches to storms
Mendoza Ponce, Ernesto Tonatiuh
Beaches--Spain--Catalonia
erosion
inundation
Mediterranean Sea
coastal hazards
Platges -- Erosió
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Enginyeria hidràulica, marítima i sanitària::Ports i costes
title_short Regional vulnerability analysis of Catalan beaches to storms
title_full Regional vulnerability analysis of Catalan beaches to storms
title_fullStr Regional vulnerability analysis of Catalan beaches to storms
title_full_unstemmed Regional vulnerability analysis of Catalan beaches to storms
title_sort Regional vulnerability analysis of Catalan beaches to storms
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Mendoza Ponce, Ernesto Tonatiuh
Jiménez Quintana, José Antonio|||0000-0003-0900-4684
author Mendoza Ponce, Ernesto Tonatiuh
author_facet Mendoza Ponce, Ernesto Tonatiuh
Jiménez Quintana, José Antonio|||0000-0003-0900-4684
author_role author
author2 Jiménez Quintana, José Antonio|||0000-0003-0900-4684
author2_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Beaches--Spain--Catalonia
erosion
inundation
Mediterranean Sea
coastal hazards
Platges -- Erosió
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Enginyeria hidràulica, marítima i sanitària::Ports i costes
topic Beaches--Spain--Catalonia
erosion
inundation
Mediterranean Sea
coastal hazards
Platges -- Erosió
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Enginyeria hidràulica, marítima i sanitària::Ports i costes
description A framework to estimate coastal vulnerability to storm impacts at a regional scale is presented. It assesses the physical coastal vulnerability to storm impacts by separately estimating two components: flooding and erosion. It covers the following steps: (i)characterization of the forcing, (ii) evaluation of the induced beach response – inundation and erosion – (hazards quantification), (iii) coastal zone characterization, (iv) definition of a coastal vulnerability index to storms – a composite of two partial vulnerability estimations, the flood vulnerability and the erosion vulnerability indices-, and (v) assessment of the coastal vulnerability. Instead of assessing the vulnerability associated with a given storm, the forcing is defined in terms of representative storms which are obtained by classifying storms in the area using a 5-class system similar to that used for hurricanes (weak, moderate, significant, severe and extreme). Later, a vulnerability assessment for the entire coast to each storm category is produced. The method has been derived for and applied to the Catalan coast (NW Mediterranean) but can be easily adapted to other coasts. It permits managers to identify 3 coastal stretches sensitive to a given storm class for a given induced hazard (flooding, erosion or combination of both) to decide where to take actions.
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