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  title info:
    title: Risk Assessment of Storms in Coastal Zones: Case Studies from Cartagena (Colombia) and Cadiz (Spain)
  name:
    name part: Rangel-Buitrago, Nelson.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Anfuso, Giorgio.
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2015
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XII, 63 p. 11 illus., 10 illus. in color. online resource.
  abstract: This book assists the reader in determining storm risks, focussing on sandy coasts and cliff coasts in the context of expected sea level rise from littoral transformation and climate change. It examines storm impacts through matrixes concerning physical parameters, socio-economic activities, ecological and historic resources, and it presents the Coastline Risk to Storms Index as a single numerical measure of the risk for a given area. The methodology is described and tested against two coastal areas: one in the Caribbean Sea (Cartagena, Colombia) and the other on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean (Cadiz, Spain). Both areas record an important flow of tourists associated with the “sun, sea and sand market” which represents an economic recourse for the hinterland too. Chapters describe this approach and explore three particular types of variables: i) the forcing variables contributing to storm-induced erosion, ii) dynamic variables that determine the resilience to erosion (Susceptibility) and iii) the vulnerable targets grouped in three different contexts (socio-economic, ecological and heritage). These are combined into two separate indices, the Hazard Index (combining forcing and susceptibility) and the Vulnerability Index, which together constitute the Coastline Risk to Storms Index. Maps created using this semi-quantitative approximation method can help to determine the causes, processes and consequences of storm-related processes. This book is therefore important to anyone considering coastal development programs, especially decision-makers: the work presented here can assist in the development of preventative management strategies for the most vulnerable areas.
  table of contents: Preface -- Introduction -- Review of existing assessment risk methods -- Study areas -- Used Methodology -- Spatial Distribution of Assessment Indexes -- Final Reflections.
  note: by Nelson Rangel-Buitrago, Giorgio Anfuso.
  subject:
    topic: Earth sciences
  subject:
    topic: Natural disasters
  subject:
    topic: Coasts
  subject:
    topic: Geographical information systems
  subject:
    topic: Earth Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Coastal Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Natural Hazards
  subject:
    topic: Geographical Information Systems/Cartography
  classification: GB450-460
  classification: 551.457
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    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  related item:
    title info:
      title: SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences
  identifier: 9783319158440
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15844-0
  record info:
    record creation date: 150216
    record change date: 20151204145920.0
    record identifier: 978-3-319-15844-0