Author: Rosendahl Appelquist, L.
Year of publication: 2013
Available languages: English
Type of assessment: Vulnerability assessment
Details: Hazard assessment
Format of assessment: Scientific article
Details: Graphical tool developed as a universal coastal classification system
Estimated costs for conducting: Open source
Estimated duration of assessment: No information
To be carried out by whom: Others
Details: Coastal stakeholders
Institutional scale of use: Multiple (see details)
Details: Local/community, regional, national
Assesment to be used by which target audience: Multiple actors
Details: Regional and national decision makers in developing countries
Output: Report
Details: The report provides information on the degree to which key climate change hazards are inherent in a particular coastal environment, and covers the hazards of ecosystem disruption, gradual inundation, salt water intrusion, erosion and flooding
Region of origin: Europe
Developed by which sector: Science
Applied in practice: No information
Geographic coverage in analysis: Worldwide
Potential geographic coverage: Worldwide (coastal environments)
Sectors covered: Biodiversity
Details: Ecosystems
Method used: Mixed method approach
Description of methodology: Hazard graduation that is based on a qualitative analysis of how the various hazards apply to the coastal categories defined in a classification system. Four levels of graduation are defined so that 4 equals very high hazard presence, 3 equals high hazard presence, 2 equals moderate hazard presence and 1 equals low hazard presence. Each generic environment has been assigned a specific inherent hazard level for ecosystem disruption, gradual inundation, salt water intrusion, erosion and flooding in the CHW. The graduation is displayed as a combined number/colour code to give the user the best possible overview of the many subsections
Risk framework used: No explicit use of risk framework
Risk components incorporated: Hazard
Hazards and impacts considered in the assessment: Loss of biodiversity, Coastal erosion, Salinisation, Flood
Source of required data: Primary and secondary
Details: It is recommended to use a combination of remote sensing, onsite assessments, geophysical data and geological maps for the coastal classification. If an assessment is carried out primarily based on remote means, one should be aware of the associated uncertainties, especially related to the sediment balance estimates
Temporal scale: Forward looking
Participatory elements: No
Consideration of interconnectedness and -dependencies of risks: No
Details: SOEs only
Adressing uncertainty: Partly
Details: It is believed that the four-grade system provides sufficient information to be relevant for regional planning purposes, while at the same time appropriately reflecting the uncertainties associated with the hazard graduation methodology
Scope of assessment: Other
Details: Identification of hazards in coastal environments
Economic/Non-Economic losses incorporated: None
Applicability for entire risk spectrum (from extreme weather events to slow onset processes): No
Recommendations for Adaptation measures included in Climate Risk Assessment: No
Usefulness for political purposes: It can be used for coastal management at local, regional and national level and is well-suited for facilitating communication and information exchange between different management levels, scientists and policy-makers
Applied by whom: UNEP DTU partnership
Open access: Yes