Impact of climate change on berthing areas in ports of the Balearic Islands: adaptation measures
Climate change generates impacts on coastal areas due to sea-level rise and potential modifications in wave and storm surge patterns. Since harbours are located in littoral areas, they will experience different impacts associated to such processes. In this paper, the effects of climate change on por...
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| author | Joan Pau Sierra Joan Pau Sierra Agustín Sánchez-Arcilla Agustín Sánchez-Arcilla Xavier Gironella Xavier Gironella Vicente Gracia Vicente Gracia Corrado Altomare Corrado Altomare César Mösso César Mösso Daniel González-Marco Daniel González-Marco Jesús Gómez Jesús Gómez Mateo Barceló Cristina Barahona |
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| description | Climate change generates impacts on coastal areas due to sea-level rise and potential modifications in wave and storm surge patterns. Since harbours are located in littoral areas, they will experience different impacts associated to such processes. In this paper, the effects of climate change on port berthing areas in terms of operability are quantified. The study is focused on the ports of the Balearic Islands (Western Mediterranean Sea) and analyses the loss of operability due to the reduction of freeboard in berthing structures and the potential variation in agitation within these harbours during the 21st century, considering two different climate scenarios (RCP4.5 and RCP8.5) and two-time horizons (2045 and 2100). In addition, adaptation measures to address such impacts are proposed and their cost estimated. The results indicate that climate change will not generate significant changes in wave agitation due to negligible variations in wave patterns under future scenarios. On the contrary, sea-level rise will cause huge increases of inoperability for berthing structures due to insufficient freeboard: 10.5% under RCP4.5 or 20.5% under RCP8.5 in 2045, increasing to 57.1% (RCP4.5) and even 83.2% (RCP8.5) in 2100. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-df22bf9f7ac946e79edb832caa8d02542023-10-10T13:19:02ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Marine Science2296-77452023-10-011010.3389/fmars.2023.11247631124763Impact of climate change on berthing areas in ports of the Balearic Islands: adaptation measuresJoan Pau Sierra0Joan Pau Sierra1Agustín Sánchez-Arcilla2Agustín Sánchez-Arcilla3Xavier Gironella4Xavier Gironella5Vicente Gracia6Vicente Gracia7Corrado Altomare8Corrado Altomare9César Mösso10César Mösso11Daniel González-Marco12Daniel González-Marco13Jesús Gómez14Jesús Gómez15Mateo Barceló16Cristina Barahona17Laboratori d’Enginyeria Marítima, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya BarcelonaTech, Barcelona, Catalonia, SpainCentre Internacional d’Investigació dels Recursos Costaners (CIIRC), Barcelona, Catalonia, SpainLaboratori d’Enginyeria Marítima, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya BarcelonaTech, Barcelona, Catalonia, SpainCentre Internacional d’Investigació dels Recursos Costaners (CIIRC), Barcelona, Catalonia, SpainLaboratori d’Enginyeria Marítima, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya BarcelonaTech, Barcelona, Catalonia, SpainCentre Internacional d’Investigació dels Recursos Costaners (CIIRC), Barcelona, Catalonia, SpainLaboratori d’Enginyeria Marítima, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya BarcelonaTech, Barcelona, Catalonia, SpainCentre Internacional d’Investigació dels Recursos Costaners (CIIRC), Barcelona, Catalonia, SpainLaboratori d’Enginyeria Marítima, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya BarcelonaTech, Barcelona, Catalonia, SpainCentre Internacional d’Investigació dels Recursos Costaners (CIIRC), Barcelona, Catalonia, SpainLaboratori d’Enginyeria Marítima, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya BarcelonaTech, Barcelona, Catalonia, SpainCentre Internacional d’Investigació dels Recursos Costaners (CIIRC), Barcelona, Catalonia, SpainLaboratori d’Enginyeria Marítima, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya BarcelonaTech, Barcelona, Catalonia, SpainCentre Internacional d’Investigació dels Recursos Costaners (CIIRC), Barcelona, Catalonia, SpainLaboratori d’Enginyeria Marítima, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya BarcelonaTech, Barcelona, Catalonia, SpainCentre Internacional d’Investigació dels Recursos Costaners (CIIRC), Barcelona, Catalonia, SpainServei d'Explotació, Projectes i Obres, Ports de les Illes Balears, Palma, Balearic Islands, SpainServei d'Explotació, Projectes i Obres, Ports de les Illes Balears, Palma, Balearic Islands, SpainClimate change generates impacts on coastal areas due to sea-level rise and potential modifications in wave and storm surge patterns. Since harbours are located in littoral areas, they will experience different impacts associated to such processes. In this paper, the effects of climate change on port berthing areas in terms of operability are quantified. The study is focused on the ports of the Balearic Islands (Western Mediterranean Sea) and analyses the loss of operability due to the reduction of freeboard in berthing structures and the potential variation in agitation within these harbours during the 21st century, considering two different climate scenarios (RCP4.5 and RCP8.5) and two-time horizons (2045 and 2100). In addition, adaptation measures to address such impacts are proposed and their cost estimated. The results indicate that climate change will not generate significant changes in wave agitation due to negligible variations in wave patterns under future scenarios. On the contrary, sea-level rise will cause huge increases of inoperability for berthing structures due to insufficient freeboard: 10.5% under RCP4.5 or 20.5% under RCP8.5 in 2045, increasing to 57.1% (RCP4.5) and even 83.2% (RCP8.5) in 2100.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2023.1124763/fullclimate changesea-level riseport agitationport operabilityadaptation measuresBalearic Islands |
| spellingShingle | Joan Pau Sierra Joan Pau Sierra Agustín Sánchez-Arcilla Agustín Sánchez-Arcilla Xavier Gironella Xavier Gironella Vicente Gracia Vicente Gracia Corrado Altomare Corrado Altomare César Mösso César Mösso Daniel González-Marco Daniel González-Marco Jesús Gómez Jesús Gómez Mateo Barceló Cristina Barahona Impact of climate change on berthing areas in ports of the Balearic Islands: adaptation measures Frontiers in Marine Science climate change sea-level rise port agitation port operability adaptation measures Balearic Islands |
| title | Impact of climate change on berthing areas in ports of the Balearic Islands: adaptation measures |
| title_full | Impact of climate change on berthing areas in ports of the Balearic Islands: adaptation measures |
| title_fullStr | Impact of climate change on berthing areas in ports of the Balearic Islands: adaptation measures |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of climate change on berthing areas in ports of the Balearic Islands: adaptation measures |
| title_short | Impact of climate change on berthing areas in ports of the Balearic Islands: adaptation measures |
| title_sort | impact of climate change on berthing areas in ports of the balearic islands adaptation measures |
| topic | climate change sea-level rise port agitation port operability adaptation measures Balearic Islands |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2023.1124763/full |
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