Data Catalog

Dataset: US Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise

Description: The US Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise dataset quantifies the relative susceptibility to sea-level rise for the US Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf of Mexico coasts of the United States through the use of a coastal vulnerability index (CVI). The CVI value yields a relative ranking of the possibility that physical changes will occur along the shoreline as sea-level rises.

Collection Methodology: This initial classification is based upon the variables coastal geomorphology, regional coastal slope, tidal range, wave height, historical rates of relative sea-level rise and shoreline erosion and accretion rates. The combination of these variables furnishes a broad overview of regions where physical changes are likely to occur due to sea-level rise. Full details can be found here.

General Business Terms: This dataset is available for use as part of the core Mapfluence offer.

Attribution Policy: Developers must include attribution link and text as follows: Map data © 2010 Urban Mapping Inc and/or other parties when developing applications.

National Assessment of Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise (us_cvi.risk_mdl): The coastal vulnerability index (CVI) allows the six physical variables to be related in a quantifiable manner that expresses the relative vulnerability of the coast to physical changes due to sea-level rise. This method yields numerical data that cannot be equated directly with particular physical effects. It does, however, highlight those regions where the various effects of sea-level rise might be the greatest.; Details...

National Assessment of Coastal Vulnerability, Coastal Segments 2001 (us_cvi.risk_mdl_geom): Details...