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The IDL/FCUL Team won the award with the proposed methodology for obtaining "Coastal Risk Cartography associated with sea level rise as a consequence of climate change." The award was presented to the Final Conference "2018 - OE Year of Climate Change" by the current Bastonario of the Order, Carlos Mineiro Aires and by the current Minister of the Environment and Energy Transition, João Matos Fernandes
Order of Engineers
Carolina Rocha was the winner of the Portuguese Young Scholar Award 2018 with the poster: "Study of Coastal Vulnerability to the Sea Level Rise for Portugal Mainland", conferring the participation in representation of Portugal at the Esri User Conference in July 2018 , in San Diego, and the award was given during the Esri Award Ceremony by CEO Jack Dangermond on July 11, 2018.
Esri Portugal
Sea level rise, a consequence of climate change, is one of the biggest challenges that countries and regions with coastal lowlands will face in the medium term. This study proposes a methodology for assessing the vulnerability to sea-level rise on the Atlantic coast of mainland Portugal. Some scenarios of extreme sea levels for different return periods and extreme flooding events were estimated for 2050 and 2100, as proposed by the European Directive 2007/60/EC. A set of physical parameters are considered for the multi-attribute analysis based on the Analytic Hierarchy Process, in order to define a Physical Vulnerability Index fundamental to assess coastal vulnerability. For each sea-level rise scenario, coastal vulnerability maps, with a spatial resolution of 20 m, are produced at a national scale to identify areas more vulnerable to sea-level rise, which are key elements for triggering adaptation plans for such vulnerable regions. For 2050 and 2100, it is estimated that there will be 903 and 1146 km2 of vulnerable areas, respectively; the Lisbon district being identified as the most vulnerable in both scenarios. Results are available as a Web Map Service for the Portuguese public entities, and through a web map viewer for the public and communities in general.
Carolina Rocha; Carlos Antunes; Cristina Catita. Coastal Vulnerability Assessment Due to Sea Level Rise: The Case Study of the Atlantic Coast of Mainland Portugal. Water 2020, 12, 360 .
AMA StyleCarolina Rocha, Carlos Antunes, Cristina Catita. Coastal Vulnerability Assessment Due to Sea Level Rise: The Case Study of the Atlantic Coast of Mainland Portugal. Water. 2020; 12 (2):360.
Chicago/Turabian StyleCarolina Rocha; Carlos Antunes; Cristina Catita. 2020. "Coastal Vulnerability Assessment Due to Sea Level Rise: The Case Study of the Atlantic Coast of Mainland Portugal." Water 12, no. 2: 360.
Portugal’s mainland has hundreds of thousands of people living in the Atlantic coastal zone, with numerous high economic value activities and a high number of infrastructures that must be adapted and protected from natural coastal hazards, namely, extreme storms and sea level rise (SLR). In the context of climate change adaptation strategies, a reliable and accurate assessment of the physical vulnerability to SLR is crucial. This study is a contribution to the implementation of flooding standards imposed by the European Directive 2007/60/EC, which requires each member state to assess the risk associated to SLR and floods caused by extreme events. Therefore, coastal hazard on the Atlantic Coast of Portugal’s mainland was evaluated for 2025, 2050, and 2100 over the whole extension due to SLR, with different sea level scenarios for different extreme event return periods. A coastal probabilistic flooding map was produced based on the developed probabilistic cartography methodology using geographic information system (GIS) technology. The Extreme Flood Hazard Index (EFHI) was determined on probabilistic flood bases using five probability intervals of 20% amplitude. For a given SLR scenario, the EFHI is expressed, on the probabilistic flooding maps for an extreme tidal maximum level, by five hazard classes ranging from 1 (Very Low) to 5 (Extreme).
Carlos Antunes; Carolina Rocha; Cristina Catita. Coastal Flood Assessment due to Sea Level Rise and Extreme Storm Events: A Case Study of the Atlantic Coast of Portugal’s Mainland. Geosciences 2019, 9, 239 .
AMA StyleCarlos Antunes, Carolina Rocha, Cristina Catita. Coastal Flood Assessment due to Sea Level Rise and Extreme Storm Events: A Case Study of the Atlantic Coast of Portugal’s Mainland. Geosciences. 2019; 9 (5):239.
Chicago/Turabian StyleCarlos Antunes; Carolina Rocha; Cristina Catita. 2019. "Coastal Flood Assessment due to Sea Level Rise and Extreme Storm Events: A Case Study of the Atlantic Coast of Portugal’s Mainland." Geosciences 9, no. 5: 239.