1 Assessing Coastal Vulnerability: Technical and Management Considerations

Wednesday, 20 March 2013
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Conference Room 6–7

Presentations

• 8:05 AM
  DEVELOPING NEW HAZARD VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT TOOLS FOR COASTAL MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNITIES: THE CHALLENGES OF VARYING SPATIAL SCALES, PROCESSES, AND LANDSCAPES
  Chester W. Jackson, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
  215988 (Theme Sessions)
• 8:35 AM
  MULTIPLE COASTAL HAZARDS OF PUERTO RICO
  David M. Bush, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA and William J. Neal, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI and Bruce Richmond, U. S. Geological Survey, Santa Cruz, CA
  216480 (Theme Sessions)
• 8:55 AM
  A MODIFIED COASTAL VULNERABILITY INDEX (CVI) FOR SMALL ASSOCIATED ISLANDS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U. S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
  Elizabeth M. Perison-Parrish, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA and Ryann M. Runyan, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA and Kyle W. Siemer, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH and Chester W. Jackson, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA and David M. Bush, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA and Pablo A. Llerandi-Román, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI and William J. Neal, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
  216506 (Theme Sessions)
• 9:15 AM
  PUERTO RICO'S VULNERABLE COAST
  David M. Bush, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA and Chester W. Jackson, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA and William J. Neal, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
  216467 (Theme Sessions)
• 9:35 AM
  THE SEDIMENT SUSCEPTIBILITY INDEX: A TOOL FOR GUIDING ISLAND DEVELOPMENT
  Rebekka A. Larson, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL and Gregg R. Brooks, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL and Barry Devine, St. John, N/A and Morgan Forni, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL
  216360 (Theme Sessions)
• 10:10 AM
  RECONSTRUCTING STORM HISTORY IN COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS: IMPORTANCE OF LONG, HIGH-RESOLUTION RECORDS FOR CLIMATE PREDICTION
  Jesse E. McNinch, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Kitty Hawk, NC and Heidi M. Wadman, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Kitty Hawk, NC
  216221 (Theme Sessions)
• 10:30 AM
  SPATIAL VARIABILITY IN 400 YEARS OF EASTERN CARIBBEAN HURRICANE ACTIVITY AS EVIDENCED FROM NEWLY COMPILED HISTORICAL RECORDS
  Heidi M. Wadman, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Kitty Hawk, NC and Jesse E. McNinch, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Kitty Hawk, NC
  216248 (Theme Sessions)
• 10:50 AM
  REGIONAL COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH IN THE SOUTHEASTERN US: PROGRESS TOWARD A NEW COASTAL HAZARD VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT TOOL
  Clark Alexander, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, Savannah, GA and Chester W. Jackson, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA and Peter Adams, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and D. Reide Corbett, East Carolina University & UNC Coastal Studies Institute, Greenville, NC and Scott Howard, Columbia, SC and John Jaeger, University of FloridaDept Geol Sci - 241 Williamson Hall, Gainesville, FL and J.P. Walsh, East Carolina University & UNC Coastal Studies Institute, Greenville, NC
  216501 (Theme Sessions)
• 11:30 AM
  POTENTIAL GEOMORPHIC CONSEQUENCES OF WAVE CLIMATE ALTERATIONS ALONG CUSPATE COASTLINES
  Jennifer M. Johnson, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Carrboro, NC and Laura J. Moore, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC and Kenneth Ells, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC and A. Brad Murray, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC
  215891 (Theme Sessions)