Impact of relative sea-level rise on low-lying coastal areas of Catalonia, NW Mediterranean, Spain

Low-lying coastal areas are high-risk areas regarding sea-level rise (SLR) due to the combination of low elevation, subsidence and currently low sediment supply, on the one hand, and their high natural and socio-economic values, on the other. Because of this, there is a growing need to assess the in...

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Autores: López-Doriga Sandoval, Uxía|||0000-0002-9236-683X, Jiménez Quintana, José Antonio|||0000-0003-0900-4684
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/339835
https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w12113252
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Sea level--Mediterranean Sea
Inundation
Sea-level rise
Coastal habitats
Deltas
Wetlands
Adaptation
Accommodation space
High-impact scenario
Nivell del mar -- Mediterrània, Mar
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Enginyeria hidràulica, marítima i sanitària::Ports i costes
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spelling Impact of relative sea-level rise on low-lying coastal areas of Catalonia, NW Mediterranean, SpainLópez-Doriga Sandoval, Uxía|||0000-0002-9236-683XJiménez Quintana, José Antonio|||0000-0003-0900-4684Sea level--Mediterranean SeaInundationSea-level riseCoastal habitatsDeltasWetlandsAdaptationAccommodation spaceHigh-impact scenarioNivell del mar -- Mediterrània, MarÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Enginyeria hidràulica, marítima i sanitària::Ports i costesLow-lying coastal areas are high-risk areas regarding sea-level rise (SLR) due to the combination of low elevation, subsidence and currently low sediment supply, on the one hand, and their high natural and socio-economic values, on the other. Because of this, there is a growing need to assess the integrated impact of SLR taking into account the interactions between physical and ecological factors to make more informed decisions for the design of adaptation strategies. This study presents a methodology for improved SLR-induced flood-damage assessments in natural areas which is composed of (i) a pseudo-dynamic method coupling equilibrium-based coastal response and classical bathtub modeling approaches and (ii) a simple method to account for habitat conversion following inundation. This methodology is applied to low-lying coastal areas of Catalonia under different SLR scenarios, which show very different sensitivities depending on the configuration of the water-land border, topography, geomorphology, and degree of human impact on the floodplain. In terms of potential impact, natural habitats will be the most benefited from the likely conversion at the expense of agriculture lands. This can help coastal managers to adopt adaptation strategies where considering the inherent capacity of some coastal landscapes to adapt opens up new alternatives.This work was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO/AEI/FEDER, UE) in the framework of the M-CostAdapt research project (CTM2017-83655-C2-1-R). The first author was supported by a PhD grant from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. We also thank the support of the Secretaria d’Universitats i Recerca, Departament d’Economia i Coneixement, Generalitat de Catalunya (2017SGR773).Peer Reviewed20202020-11-0120212021-02-16journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2117/339835https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w12113252reponame:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPCinstname:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)InglésengAgencia Estatal de Investigación http://doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2013-2016 CTM2017-83655-C2-1-R RUTAS DE ADAPTACION AL CAMBIO CLIMATICO EN LA ZONA COSTERA MEDITERRANEA. SUPERANDO LOS LIMITES DE LA ADAPTABILIDADopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution 3.0 Spainhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/3398352026-05-27T15:37:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Impact of relative sea-level rise on low-lying coastal areas of Catalonia, NW Mediterranean, Spain
title Impact of relative sea-level rise on low-lying coastal areas of Catalonia, NW Mediterranean, Spain
spellingShingle Impact of relative sea-level rise on low-lying coastal areas of Catalonia, NW Mediterranean, Spain
López-Doriga Sandoval, Uxía|||0000-0002-9236-683X
Sea level--Mediterranean Sea
Inundation
Sea-level rise
Coastal habitats
Deltas
Wetlands
Adaptation
Accommodation space
High-impact scenario
Nivell del mar -- Mediterrània, Mar
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Enginyeria hidràulica, marítima i sanitària::Ports i costes
title_short Impact of relative sea-level rise on low-lying coastal areas of Catalonia, NW Mediterranean, Spain
title_full Impact of relative sea-level rise on low-lying coastal areas of Catalonia, NW Mediterranean, Spain
title_fullStr Impact of relative sea-level rise on low-lying coastal areas of Catalonia, NW Mediterranean, Spain
title_full_unstemmed Impact of relative sea-level rise on low-lying coastal areas of Catalonia, NW Mediterranean, Spain
title_sort Impact of relative sea-level rise on low-lying coastal areas of Catalonia, NW Mediterranean, Spain
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv López-Doriga Sandoval, Uxía|||0000-0002-9236-683X
Jiménez Quintana, José Antonio|||0000-0003-0900-4684
author López-Doriga Sandoval, Uxía|||0000-0002-9236-683X
author_facet López-Doriga Sandoval, Uxía|||0000-0002-9236-683X
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 Sea level--Mediterranean Sea
Inundation
Sea-level rise
Coastal habitats
Deltas
Wetlands
Adaptation
Accommodation space
High-impact scenario
Nivell del mar -- Mediterrània, Mar
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Enginyeria hidràulica, marítima i sanitària::Ports i costes
topic Sea level--Mediterranean Sea
Inundation
Sea-level rise
Coastal habitats
Deltas
Wetlands
Adaptation
Accommodation space
High-impact scenario
Nivell del mar -- Mediterrània, Mar
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Enginyeria hidràulica, marítima i sanitària::Ports i costes
description Low-lying coastal areas are high-risk areas regarding sea-level rise (SLR) due to the combination of low elevation, subsidence and currently low sediment supply, on the one hand, and their high natural and socio-economic values, on the other. Because of this, there is a growing need to assess the integrated impact of SLR taking into account the interactions between physical and ecological factors to make more informed decisions for the design of adaptation strategies. This study presents a methodology for improved SLR-induced flood-damage assessments in natural areas which is composed of (i) a pseudo-dynamic method coupling equilibrium-based coastal response and classical bathtub modeling approaches and (ii) a simple method to account for habitat conversion following inundation. This methodology is applied to low-lying coastal areas of Catalonia under different SLR scenarios, which show very different sensitivities depending on the configuration of the water-land border, topography, geomorphology, and degree of human impact on the floodplain. In terms of potential impact, natural habitats will be the most benefited from the likely conversion at the expense of agriculture lands. This can help coastal managers to adopt adaptation strategies where considering the inherent capacity of some coastal landscapes to adapt opens up new alternatives.
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