Author: European Topic Centre on Climate Change Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation (ETC CCA)
Year of publication: 2011
Available languages: English
Type of assessment: Vulnerability assessment
Details: Method to assess coastal vulnerability to sea level rise, in particular due to erosion and/or inundation
Format of assessment: Report
Details: Quantitative formulas
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
Assesment to be used by which target audience: Multiple actors
Details: National and regional decision makers, development cooperation practitioners
Output: Others (see details)
Details: Vulnerability map
Region of origin: Europe
Developed by which sector: Development cooperation
Applied in practice: Yes
Geographic coverage in analysis: Europe
Potential geographic coverage: Europe and Regional Seas
Sectors covered: Biodiversity, Fishery, Agriculture
Method used: Index development
Risk framework used: No explicit use of risk framework
Risk components incorporated: Vulnerability
Hazards and impacts considered in the assessment: Coastal erosion, Flood, Storm surge, Salinisation
Source of required data: Secondary (available data is used)
Details: Data on geomorphology, shoreline change rates, coastal slope, relative sea level rate, mean significant wave height, mean tidal range
Temporal scale: Current
Participatory elements: No
Consideration of interconnectedness and -dependencies of risks: No information
Adressing uncertainty: No information
Scope of assessment: Identification of risks, assessment of impacts
Economic/Non-Economic losses incorporated: Non-Economic
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: Project proposal for Green Climate Fund (GCF)
Applied by whom: European Environment Agency (EEA)
Open access: Yes