DATE2016-05-31 17:16:28
IDABSTRACT20160531171628-0991
CONTACTwolff@geographie.uni-kiel.de
PRESENTATIONORAL-PLENARY
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IDSESSION2
TITLEA MEDITERRANEAN DATABASE FOR ASSESSING IMPACTS IN THE COASTAL ZONE
AUTHORSClaudia Wolff (1), Athanasios Vafeidis (1), Jochen Hinkel (2,3), Daniel Lincke (2), Alessio Satta (4)
AFFILIATIONS
  1. Christian-albrechts University Kiel (Germany)
  2. Global Climate Forum Berlin (Germany)
  3. Berlin Workshop In Institutional Analysis Of Social-ecological Systems, Humboldt-university Berlin (Germany)
  4. Italian Ministry For The Environment Rome (Italy)
ABSTRACTIn the context of the EU-funded RISES-AM project we have developed a new coastal database for the Mediterranean region. The data structure of the database relies on a coastline segmentation process, where units that represent a uniform response to sea-level have been created. Using information on coastal morphology, distribution of assets and administrative boundaries the coast has been segmented into 12.000 units with an average length of 4.5km. For this purpose we have produced an independent and consistent coastal morphology and human settlement dataset using satellite imagery and location-tagged photographs from Google Earth. Following the segmentation, the database was populated with more than 80 different parameters on the physical, ecological and socio-economic characteristics of the Mediterranean coast, such as storm surge heights, rates of vertical land movement or spatial distribution of people and assets. The quality of the developed database has been evaluated by experts from different Mediterranean countries and has been compared to the ACCLIMATISE database, which covers 11 Mediterranean countries. The Mediterranean database, which will be open-access after publication, is indented for use in risk and impact assessment to sea-level rise with the DIVA (Dynamic Interactive Vulnerability Assessment) modeling framework. Nevertheless, we anticipate that the database can also be used in a wide range of coastal applications.
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