Author: McLaughlin, S., Cooper, A.
Year of publication: 2010
Available languages: English
Type of assessment: Vulnerability assessment
Format of assessment: Scientific article
Estimated costs for conducting: No information
Estimated duration of assessment: No information
To be carried out by whom: Scientists/researchers
Institutional scale of use: Multiple (see details)
Details: National, regional, and local/community level
Assesment to be used by which target audience: Multiple actors
Details: National, regional, and local coastal managers or policy makers
Output: Others (see details)
Details: Vulnerability map
Region of origin: Europe
Developed by which sector: Science
Applied in practice: Yes
Geographic coverage in analysis: Europe
Potential geographic coverage: Worldwide (coastal environments)
Sectors covered: Infrastructure, Biodiversity
Details: Eg: Population, cultural heritage, roads, railways, landuse, conservation status
Method used: Index development
Description of methodology: Ranking of variables (scale 1-5) to indicate their attribution to vulnerability; Index calculation including (i) a summary of numerical values for three sub-indices, (ii) a normalization of scores within three sub-indices and (iii) a merger of three sub indices into an overall index
Risk framework used: No explicit use of risk framework
Details: From a purely anthropocentric perspective concerned with the impact on human infrastructure, the vulnerability of a coastal area can be regarded as a function of the physical nature of the coast (which controls its ability to respond to perturbation), the nature (frequency and magnitude) and the degree to which such changes impact on human activities or property. Vulnerability can thus be expressed as coastal characteristics (resilience and susceptibility) + coastal forcing + socio-economic factors
Risk components incorporated: Vulnerability, hazard
Hazards and impacts considered in the assessment: Storm surge
Source of required data: Secondary (available data is used)
Details: Data on coastal characteristics, coastal forcing, and socio-economic information
Temporal scale: Current
Participatory elements: No
Consideration of interconnectedness and -dependencies of risks: No
Adressing uncertainty: No information
Scope of assessment: Identification of risks
Economic/Non-Economic losses incorporated: None
Applicability for entire risk spectrum (from extreme weather events to slow onset processes): No information
Recommendations for Adaptation measures included in Climate Risk Assessment: No
Usefulness for political purposes: Capacity to be used in assisting with devising coastal policy in the face of various coastal hazards. The presentation of information at a scale meaningful to the management unit enhances the utility of that information to develop adaptation strategies
Applied by whom: McLaughlin, S. and Cooper, A.
Open access: Yes