Anticipating and Adapting to the Future Impacts of Climate Change on the Health, Security and Welfare of Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Communities in Southeastern USA
Low elevation coastal zones (LECZ) are extensive throughout the southeastern United States. LECZ communities are threatened by inundation from sea level rise, storm surge, wetland degradation, land subsidence, and hydrological flooding. Communication among scientists, stakeholders, policy makers and...
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| author | Thomas Allen Joshua Behr Anamaria Bukvic Ryan S. D. Calder Kiki Caruson Charles Connor Christopher D’Elia David Dismukes Robin Ersing Rima Franklin Jesse Goldstein Jonathon Goodall Scott Hemmerling Jennifer Irish Steven Lazarus Derek Loftis Mark Luther Leigh McCallister Karen McGlathery Molly Mitchell William Moore Charles Reid Nichols Karinna Nunez Matthew Reidenbach Julie Shortridge Robert Weisberg Robert Weiss Lynn Donelson Wright Meng Xia Kehui Xu Donald Young Gary Zarillo Julie C. Zinnert |
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| description | Low elevation coastal zones (LECZ) are extensive throughout the southeastern United States. LECZ communities are threatened by inundation from sea level rise, storm surge, wetland degradation, land subsidence, and hydrological flooding. Communication among scientists, stakeholders, policy makers and minority and poor residents must improve. We must predict processes spanning the ecological, physical, social, and health sciences. Communities need to address linkages of (1) human and socioeconomic vulnerabilities; (2) public health and safety; (3) economic concerns; (4) land loss; (5) wetland threats; and (6) coastal inundation. Essential capabilities must include a network to assemble and distribute data and model code to assess risk and its causes, support adaptive management, and improve the resiliency of communities. Better communication of information and understanding among residents and officials is essential. Here we review recent background literature on these matters and offer recommendations for integrating natural and social sciences. We advocate for a cyber-network of scientists, modelers, engineers, educators, and stakeholders from academia, federal state and local agencies, non-governmental organizations, residents, and the private sector. Our vision is to enhance future resilience of LECZ communities by offering approaches to mitigate hazards to human health, safety and welfare and reduce impacts to coastal residents and industries. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-db9ed8b8b8094efc9497f4d71d047bec2023-11-22T23:53:12ZengMDPI AGJournal of Marine Science and Engineering2077-13122021-10-01911119610.3390/jmse9111196Anticipating and Adapting to the Future Impacts of Climate Change on the Health, Security and Welfare of Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Communities in Southeastern USAThomas Allen0Joshua Behr1Anamaria Bukvic2Ryan S. D. Calder3Kiki Caruson4Charles Connor5Christopher D’Elia6David Dismukes7Robin Ersing8Rima Franklin9Jesse Goldstein10Jonathon Goodall11Scott Hemmerling12Jennifer Irish13Steven Lazarus14Derek Loftis15Mark Luther16Leigh McCallister17Karen McGlathery18Molly Mitchell19William Moore20Charles Reid Nichols21Karinna Nunez22Matthew Reidenbach23Julie Shortridge24Robert Weisberg25Robert Weiss26Lynn Donelson Wright27Meng Xia28Kehui Xu29Donald Young30Gary Zarillo31Julie C. Zinnert32Department of Political Science and Geography, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529, USAVirginia Modelling Analysis and Simulation Center, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529, USADepartment of Geogaphy, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USADepartment of Population Health Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USASchool of Interdisciplinary Global Studies, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USASchool of Geosciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USACollege of the Coast and Environment, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USACollege of the Coast and Environment, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USASchool of Public Affairs, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USADepartment of Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284, USADepartment of Sociology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284, USADepartment of Engineering Systems and Environment, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USAThe Water Institute of the Gulf, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USACenter for Coastal Studies and Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USADepartment of Ocean Engineering and Marine Science, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL 32901, USACenter for Coastal Resource Management, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA 23062, USACollege of Marine Science, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, USADepartment of Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284, USADepartment of Environmental Sciences, USA University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USACenter for Coastal Resource Management, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA 23062, USADepartment of Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Hampton University, Hampton, VA 23668, USAMarine Information Resources Corporation, Queenstown, MD 21658, USACenter for Coastal Resource Management, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA 23062, USADepartment of Environmental Sciences, USA University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USADepartment of Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USACollege of Marine Science, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, USACenter for Coastal Studies and Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USASoutheastern Universities Research Association, Washington, DC 20005, USADepartment of Natural Sciences, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, MD 21853, USACollege of the Coast and Environment, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USADepartment of Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284, USADepartment of Ocean Engineering and Marine Science, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL 32901, USADepartment of Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284, USALow elevation coastal zones (LECZ) are extensive throughout the southeastern United States. LECZ communities are threatened by inundation from sea level rise, storm surge, wetland degradation, land subsidence, and hydrological flooding. Communication among scientists, stakeholders, policy makers and minority and poor residents must improve. We must predict processes spanning the ecological, physical, social, and health sciences. Communities need to address linkages of (1) human and socioeconomic vulnerabilities; (2) public health and safety; (3) economic concerns; (4) land loss; (5) wetland threats; and (6) coastal inundation. Essential capabilities must include a network to assemble and distribute data and model code to assess risk and its causes, support adaptive management, and improve the resiliency of communities. Better communication of information and understanding among residents and officials is essential. Here we review recent background literature on these matters and offer recommendations for integrating natural and social sciences. We advocate for a cyber-network of scientists, modelers, engineers, educators, and stakeholders from academia, federal state and local agencies, non-governmental organizations, residents, and the private sector. Our vision is to enhance future resilience of LECZ communities by offering approaches to mitigate hazards to human health, safety and welfare and reduce impacts to coastal residents and industries.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/9/11/1196sea level riseland losslow elevation coastal zonessocial scienceshuman healthadaptive management |
| spellingShingle | Thomas Allen Joshua Behr Anamaria Bukvic Ryan S. D. Calder Kiki Caruson Charles Connor Christopher D’Elia David Dismukes Robin Ersing Rima Franklin Jesse Goldstein Jonathon Goodall Scott Hemmerling Jennifer Irish Steven Lazarus Derek Loftis Mark Luther Leigh McCallister Karen McGlathery Molly Mitchell William Moore Charles Reid Nichols Karinna Nunez Matthew Reidenbach Julie Shortridge Robert Weisberg Robert Weiss Lynn Donelson Wright Meng Xia Kehui Xu Donald Young Gary Zarillo Julie C. Zinnert Anticipating and Adapting to the Future Impacts of Climate Change on the Health, Security and Welfare of Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Communities in Southeastern USA Journal of Marine Science and Engineering sea level rise land loss low elevation coastal zones social sciences human health adaptive management |
| title | Anticipating and Adapting to the Future Impacts of Climate Change on the Health, Security and Welfare of Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Communities in Southeastern USA |
| title_full | Anticipating and Adapting to the Future Impacts of Climate Change on the Health, Security and Welfare of Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Communities in Southeastern USA |
| title_fullStr | Anticipating and Adapting to the Future Impacts of Climate Change on the Health, Security and Welfare of Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Communities in Southeastern USA |
| title_full_unstemmed | Anticipating and Adapting to the Future Impacts of Climate Change on the Health, Security and Welfare of Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Communities in Southeastern USA |
| title_short | Anticipating and Adapting to the Future Impacts of Climate Change on the Health, Security and Welfare of Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Communities in Southeastern USA |
| title_sort | anticipating and adapting to the future impacts of climate change on the health security and welfare of low elevation coastal zone lecz communities in southeastern usa |
| topic | sea level rise land loss low elevation coastal zones social sciences human health adaptive management |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/9/11/1196 |
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