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Informing Coastal Adaptation and Management through the Coastal Dynamics of Sea Level Rise (iCAM-CDSLR)
Gulf coast resource managers and decision-makers are increasingly exploring how to improve community resilience in the face of extreme storms and sea level rise (SLR), particularly with nature-based infrastructure. The Coastal Dynamics of SLR (CDSLR) paradigm, a mature ESLR-funded approach developed in 2010, will be used to evaluate flood hazard mitigation and the socioeconomic and ecological benefits of flood mitigation projects for present and future climate change conditions. With direct support from a Management Transition Advisory Group, existing integrative numerical models will be combined with traditional and contemporary approaches in natural resource economics to evaluate mitigation project outcomes regarding efficiency, equity, environmental sustainability, and socio-economic resiliency. Outputs of this approach will include changes to flood hazards for migration projects and the socioeconomic and ecological impacts (monetary and non-monetary). The outputs will be tailored based on community needs and the requirements of the targeted funding agency (e.g., FEMA, NFWF, etc.).
Funder: U.S. Department of Commerce
Amount: $427,655
PI: Matthew Bilskie, Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems