Sea-Level Rise and South Florida: Envisioning Public Space as a Function of a Changing Natural Environment

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
South Florida

Sea level rise and South Florida coastal forests

2011 ◽  
Vol 107 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 81-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amartya K. Saha ◽  
Sonali Saha ◽  
Jimi Sadle ◽  
Jiang Jiang ◽  
Michael S. Ross ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
South Florida ◽  
Coastal Forests

scholarly journals Sea Summation : How Waterfront Urbanisation can use Hydrological Strategies While Facilitating For Climate Change

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Zarah Sahib
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Great Level ◽  
Storm Events ◽  
Climate Conditions ◽  
Global Issues ◽  
Private And Public

<p>Urban inclination has unfavourably allowed for urban development throughout New Zealand to be found either along once naturally ecologically established and natural defensive coastal shorelines, waterfronts or along reclaimed shores to be developed on top of. Through reclamation, it has shown fundamentals of how we want to live closer to the water’s edge, however in this process the lack of social and ecological space is diminishing and being catalyst residential and high end luxury private space (Dianne Menzez). Urban inclination should propose that urban waterfronts become multifunctional and facilitate towards a great public space. However with a deep attachment for the water’s edge, we orientate living ourselves towards the water which also shows an interesting argument between the city and coast relationship that also comes with increasing climate change conditions.   Climate change has been under extensive focus for frequent years, conditions of notably large New Zealand urban sites remain under threat of infringing sea level rise and storm events which are in need for proper systematic infrastructure for this adaption purpose. With significant numbers of infrastructural systems situated in close proximity to waterfront environments, the rising numbers of communities orientated towards this face vulnerability to such global issues. In events of future sea level rise, increasing flooding will definitely impact the prone waterfronts Wellington City is one of New Zealand’s most vulnerable sites to sea level rise due to its proximity to coastal edges. Its low lying surface and unsustainable infrastructure and design promotes flooding through deficient water networks.   This thesis identifies the Wellington’s post-industrial site; Centerport with proposals for intended residential development. There is however a great level of susceptibility the site does not meet needs for protection from arising climate conditions, and its current poor social relation to the wider waterfront, which this thesis intends to investigate and resolve.   Centerport remains vulnerable to being a crucial domain for connectivity to the harbor edge and coastal hazard impact compared to other waterfronts. Through the means of researching adaptive water technological systems, this thesis hopes it will provide and conceptualise an impact within private and public communities through addressing coastal resilience, waterfront resilience and provide permeable adaptive waterfront design for the arising climate conditions.</p>

scholarly journals Online Sources for Sea Level Rise Education and Extension

EDIS ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Young Gu Her ◽  
Ashley Smyth ◽  
Jiangxiao Qiu ◽  
Elias Bassil ◽  
Ulrich Stingl ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Coastal Areas ◽  
South Florida ◽  
Biological Engineering ◽  
Natural Areas ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
Online Sources

The impacts of sea level rise on ecosystems and natural resources are a major concern in Florida, especially in low-lying coastal areas such as south Florida. Sea level rise can impact many aspects of Florida’s economy, including urban development, agriculture, infrastructure, and natural areas. This 16-page document introduces, evaluates, and summarizes selected available online sources and tools to educate diverse stakeholders and concerned local residents on important aspects of sea level rise. Written by Young Gu Her, Ashley Smyth, Jiangxiao Qiu, Elias Bassil, Ulrich Stingl, and Laura Reynolds, and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, June 2020.

scholarly journals Multivariate statistical modelling of the drivers of compound flood events in South Florida

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Jane ◽  
Luis Cadavid ◽  
Jayantha Obeysekera ◽  
Thomas Wahl
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Statistical Modelling ◽  
The United States ◽  
South Florida ◽  
Dade County ◽  
Multivariate Statistical ◽  
Design Assessment ◽  
Future Design ◽  
Flood Defence

Abstract. Miami-Dade County (south-east Florida) is among the most vulnerable regions to sea-level rise in the United States, due to a variety of natural and human factors. The co-occurrence of multiple, often statistically dependent flooding drivers – termed compound events – typically exacerbates impacts compared with their isolated occurrence. Ignoring dependencies between the drivers will potentially lead to underestimation of flood risk and under-design of flood defence structures. At present, design assessments of flood defence structures in Miami-Dade County assume rainfall and Ocean-side Water Level (O-sWL) are fully dependent, a conservative assumption inducing large safety factors. Here, an analysis of the dependence between the principal flooding drivers over a range of lags at three locations across the county is carried out. The conservative nature of the existing structural design assessment is subsequently explored, by combining a two-dimensional analysis of rainfall and O-sWL with regional sea-level rise projections. Finally, the vine copula and Heffernan and Tawn (2004) models are shown to outperform five standard higher dimensional copulas in capturing the dependence between the principal drivers of compound flooding: rainfall, O-sWL, and groundwater level. This leads to recommendations for revised future design frameworks able to capture and represent dependencies between different flood drivers.

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