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Mapping and assessing coastal resilience in the Caribbean region
Kam-biu LiuHelbert ArenasPatrícia Lustosa BritoYi QiangNina S. N. Lamsubject
Coastal hazardsbusiness.industrymedia_common.quotation_subjectGeography Planning and DevelopmentEnvironmental resource managementVulnerabilityAdaptabilityGeography13. Climate actionCaribbean regionManagement of Technology and Innovation14. Life underwaterMetric (unit)Resilience (network)businessCivil and Structural Engineeringmedia_commondescription
Assessing the vulnerability and resilience to coastal hazards is a critical worldwide issue, especially for hurricane-prone coastal regions such as the Caribbean. However, the development of a useful metric for vulnerability and resilience assessment has a lot of challenges. Cartography and GIS analysis can contribute effectively to the solution of the issue by integrating natural and human data layers for assessment, mapping, and visualization. This paper uses the new Resilience Inference Measurement (RIM) model to assess the resilience of 25 countries in the Caribbean region to hurricanes. The RIM indices of the countries were computed using three variables representing three dimensions: exposure, damage, and recovery, and eight variables representing social-environmental capacity. The RIM resilience indices were mapped and compared with the vulnerability indices computed in a previous study. The results show that Turks & Caicos Islands had the highest resilience, whereas Montserrat had the lowest. This...
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-05-07 | Cartography and Geographic Information Science |