MODELLING EXTREME WAVE EVENTS (PRESENT AND FUTURE SCENARIOS) IN SOUTHWEST ENGLAND

Journal article

This paper demonstrates the application of a Decision Support System (DSS) developed for decision makers and stakeholders to manage and raise awareness of coastal flood risk. The DSS is a GIS-based framework that predicts flooding consequences and is structured around the Source Pathway Receptor Consequence (SPRC) model. The DSS draws together points of view from engineering, ecology and socio-economics, allowing the comparative assessment of the consequences of a range of management interventions. The utility of the tool is demonstrated through application to an estuary field site - the Teign estuary in UK. Vulnerability maps, generated by the DSS for pre-set climate scenarios can be used to show their comparative efficacy in changing the consequences of flooding from a range of stakeholder viewpoints. Recently constructed “tidal” defences built within the estuary are shown to be highly effective

Authors: Horrillo-Caraballo, JM; Pan, S; Reeve, DE; Simmonds, D; Greaves, D

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Coastal Engineering Research Council
• Journal: Coastal Engineering Proceedings
• Issue: 33
• Pages: 46-46
• Publication date: 2012-10-15
• DOI: 10.9753/icce.v33.waves.46
• ISSN: 0589-087X
• Language: English
• Keywords: Engineering; Environmental science; SAFER; Environmental planning; Oceanography; Extreme weather; Civil engineering; Environmental resource management; Tourism; Computer science; Climate change; Joint (building); Geology; Population; Geography