Understanding Local Sea Level Rise Risk Perceptions And The Power Of Maps To Change Them
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Author | : David Retchless |
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Release | : 2015 |
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Sea level rise poses a significant threat to people and property in many U.S. coastal communities. Because sea level rise adaptation depends in part on recognizing this threat, there is a need to communicate sea level rise risk. However, some audiences may not be receptive to information about local sea level rise risk, particularly if they see sea level rise as a distant hazard or hold doubtful or dismissive beliefs about climate change in general. By making visible the impacts of sea level rise on local communities, sea level rise maps may meet these challenges to sea level rise communication. This dissertation explores this potential. Using an interactive map of sea level rise in Sarasota, Florida and an accompanying online survey, it considers how college students from nearby and far away from Sarasota, and with different views about climate change, vary in: 1) their ability to read information about sea level rise flooding from the map; and 2) their risk perceptions for this flooding. Post-map risk perceptions for Sarasota sea level rise are compared with pre-map risk perceptions for: 1) Sarasota sea level rise; and 2) climate change and sea level rise in general. Results indicate that respondents' read flood information from these maps accurately and in a way that is not biased by prior climate change beliefs. Results for risk perceptions show that while most respondents initially view Sarasota sea level rise as less risky than sea level rise in general, exposure to the sea level rise map raises Sarasota risk perceptions to levels equal to or above those for general sea level rise -- particularly for respondents who are doubtful about climate change or are far from Sarasota, but also for many nearby respondents. These results confirm the potential of interactive maps for communicating sea level rise risk.
Author | : Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 755 |
Release | : 2022-04-30 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9781009157971 |
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading international body for assessing the science related to climate change. It provides policymakers with regular assessments of the scientific basis of human-induced climate change, its impacts and future risks, and options for adaptation and mitigation. This IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate is the most comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the observed and projected changes to the ocean and cryosphere and their associated impacts and risks, with a focus on resilience, risk management response options, and adaptation measures, considering both their potential and limitations. It brings together knowledge on physical and biogeochemical changes, the interplay with ecosystem changes, and the implications for human communities. It serves policymakers, decision makers, stakeholders, and all interested parties with unbiased, up-to-date, policy-relevant information. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Author | : Michelle P. Covi |
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Total Pages | : 207 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Coastal zone management |
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Sea level rise is threatening coastal areas around the world with the loss of land, damage to personal and public property, ecological impacts, displacement of populations, and exacerbated risk associated with severe storm events. While the drivers of accelerated sea-level rise are global, it is at the local and regional levels that the most immediate impacts and responses occur. Planning for sea-level rise adaptation is occurring throughout the United States, but significant barriers exist, especially in places where political tensions concerning climate change science prevail. Observation of how people understand and perceive sea-level rise risk, comprehend information about their risk, and enter into processes to manage risk can provide us with better understanding of how risk can be socially amplified or attenuated, and strategies to overcome barriers to adaptation planning. To this end, this three-part dissertation investigates sea-level rise risk at multiple scales with the objective of characterizing the social dimensions of risk production and barriers to adaptation policy in northeastern North Carolina, a region with one of the largest areas of low-lying land threatened by sea-level rise in the United States, and with high social vulnerability to natural hazards among some resident populations. The first part investigates individual risk perception using an audience-driven, document evaluation methodology that assesses reader attention, comprehension, and attitudes. Comprehension difficulties confounded concern about sea-level rise hazard yielding fear, skepticism, and fatalism. The second part examines hegemonic discourses of mistrust and fear that provide insight into barriers to adaptation planning and risk reduction efforts. Fatalistic risk perceptions and risk communication scarcity increase risk in the coastal hazardscape, especially among those with the highest social vulnerability. The lack of risk information and predominant risk perceptions reinforce uneven patterns of risk developed through the marginalization of poor populations and facilitation of land use by those with social and political advantages. The third part is a case study exploration of a public participation process that a local municipality used to confront the barriers to adaptation planning. The study enables an understanding of how mainstreaming can overcome political hurdles, and how bridging organizations help move low-capacity communities past resource limitations. The multi-scalar, risk perception-oriented approach to the examination of sea-level rise risk and policy development may provide further guidance for the study of other complex, politically- charged risks within local contexts.
Author | : Guy Jean-Pierre Schumann |
Publisher | : Frontiers Media SA |
Total Pages | : 111 |
Release | : 2020-12-31 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 2889663345 |
This eBook is a collection of articles from a Frontiers Research Topic. Frontiers Research Topics are very popular trademarks of the Frontiers Journals Series: they are collections of at least ten articles, all centered on a particular subject. With their unique mix of varied contributions from Original Research to Review Articles, Frontiers Research Topics unify the most influential researchers, the latest key findings and historical advances in a hot research area! Find out more on how to host your own Frontiers Research Topic or contribute to one as an author by contacting the Frontiers Editorial Office: frontiersin.org/about/contact.
Author | : Risa Palm |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 140 |
Release | : 2020-01-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 3030326020 |
South Florida is frequently cited as the part of the United State of America as most susceptible to the devastation accompanying sea level rise. Several scholarly studies have shown the negative impact of coastal location in Florida on housing values. Are the residents of South Florida concerned? Is susceptibility to sea level rise actually affecting the housing market in terms of demand, the availability of home mortgages, or house prices? Are people living at particular risk from sea level rise aware of this risk and more open to new information about climate change? Do they support policies and laws to mitigate the pace and extent of climate change? Answers to these questions are not only of general interest, but they are also key to our understanding of the human dimensions of this problem. This book describes the results of a detailed survey in which respondents viewed a local map displaying flooding to their own community that would result from a Category 3 hurricane in 2033. It discusses political party identification and ideology that has an overwhelming impact in shaping views about sea level rise and climate change. This book has enormous implications for the effectiveness of communicating risk information. The text is important if we, as a nation, are to design communication strategies that will lead to broader policy to combat or mitigate this risk.
Author | : Joseph Fachetti |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2024 |
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This thesis investigates the impacts of static versus interactive maps on perceptions of risk and temporal distance associated with projected sea level rise (SLR) in Boston, MA. It also examines the influence of these map viewing environments on support for policies and actions aimed at mitigating and adapting to SLR and climate change. A survey of 404 participants, recruited via Amazon's Mechanical Turk platform, was conducted to assess changes in opinions and perceptions related to SLR and climate change before and after exposure to either static or interactive map viewing environments depicting SLR projections at Boston. The analysis indicates that there is no significant difference between the two environments in altering overall perceptions of risk or temporal distance related to SLR. However, specific demographic segments demonstrated a decrease in perceived risk of SLR following interaction with the interactive environment. Furthermore, engagement with the interactive environment was associated with increased support for policy measures to address SLR. These findings suggest that the effectiveness of map-based communication strategies may depend on the intended audience, emphasizing the need for tailored approaches in climate change communication.
Author | : Risa Palm |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 154 |
Release | : 2021-11-17 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 303088435X |
South Florida continues to attract new residents despite its susceptibility to sea-level rise. This book explores the views of real estate agent with respect to how prospective homebuyers assess the risk of flooding. It reports on their observations as to whether house prices are stagnant or falling in coastal areas vulnerable to flooding, and their conclusions after working with prospective homebuyers as to whether coastal south Florida is a good place to find a home or, alternatively, a risky investment in a place that will eventually be submerged by rising seas. The book reports on a 2020 survey of real estate agents and concludes that it is not clear that the housing market has integrated flood risk either into reduced demand for housing or in reduced prices for houses susceptible to flooding. These conclusions have important implications for understanding how the risks of climate change and sea-level rise are reflected in the housing market both now and in the near-term future.
Author | : Melodee Ann Hickman |
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Total Pages | : 146 |
Release | : 2009 |
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Author | : John A. Church |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 458 |
Release | : 2010-12-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1444340778 |
Understanding Sea-Level Rise and Variability identifies the major impacts of sea-level rise, presents up-to-date assessments of past sea-level change, thoroughly explores all of the factors contributing to sea-level rise, and explores how sea-level extreme events might change. It identifies what is known in each area and what research and observations are required to reduce the uncertainties in our understanding of sea-level rise so that more reliable future projections can be made. A synthesis of findings provides a concise summary of past, present and future sea-level rise and its impacts on society. Key Features: Book includes contributions from a range of international sea level experts Multidisciplinary Four color throughout Describes the limits of our understanding of this crucial issue as well as pointing to directions for future research The book is for everyone interested in sea-level rise and its impacts, including policy makers, research funders, scientists, students, coastal managers and engineers. Additional resources for this book can be found at: http://www.wiley.com/go/church/sealevel.
Author | : Chad J. McGuire |
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Total Pages | : 5 |
Release | : 2017 |
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This article looks at the role of existing government policies on perceptions of risk and the impact they have on developing forward-looking sustainable policy instruments. Coastal flood insurance policy in the United States is examined as a way of exploring the relationship between policy instruments and risk perception. Insights include the importance of understanding the role of community risk perception in policy development, as well as the role of historical and existing policies in influencing community risk perception.