GC13L:
The Sustainability and Resilience of Coastal Systems: Creating Synergy Among Federal, State, and NGO Initiatives I

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Session ID#: 32581

Session Description:
Sustainable use of coastal environments necessitates scientific advancements from interconnected studies that cover a range of disciplines in order to evaluate reciprocal feedbacks between coupled natural and human processes. For example, hydrodynamics, sediment transport, and climate change interact to shape the coastal-land margin, thus impacting ecological systems as well as socioeconomic development, decision-making, and governance of natural resources on multiple scales. A major goal of numerous federal initiatives (e.g., NSF Coastal SEES and NOAA/NOS EESLR Program) is to develop and evaluate coupled human-natural systems, so as to inform society about sustainability practices and influence governance and decision-making. This session integrates coastal environmental studies that advance fields related to natural and social interactions with the broad aim of promoting synergy among the various coastal systems research communities. Presentations are invited to cover aspects of coastal sustainability and resilience (including integrated bio-geophysical models and socioeconomic processes), and promote transdisciplinary research outcomes.
Primary Convener:  Scott C Hagen, Louisiana State University, Center for Coastal Resiliency, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
Conveners:  Carol Wilson, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, Kimberly G Rogers and Jeffrey A Nittrouer, Texas Tech University, Department of Geosciences, Lubbock, United States
Chairs:  Carol Wilson, Louisiana State University, Geology & Geophysics, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, Scott C Hagen, Louisiana State University, Center for Coastal Resiliency, Baton Rouge, LA, United States and Kimberly G Rogers
OSPA Liaison:  Carol Wilson, Louisiana State University, Geology & Geophysics, Baton Rouge, LA, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • B - Biogeosciences
  • EP - Earth and Planetary Surface Processes
  • H - Hydrology
  • NH - Natural Hazards
Index Terms:

0416 Biogeophysics [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0439 Ecosystems, structure and dynamics [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
1622 Earth system modeling [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1641 Sea level change [GLOBAL CHANGE]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

On Achieving Transdisciplinary Outcomes from Synergistic Research Efforts in the Northern Gulf of Mexico (275996)
Scott C Hagen, Louisiana State University, Center for Coastal Resiliency, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
Sensitivity of Estuaries to Coastal Morphological Change Induced by Sea Level Rise (220480)
Karim Alizad1, Scott C Hagen1, Matthew V Bilskie1 and Giulio Mariotti2, (1)Louisiana State University, Center for Coastal Resiliency, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, (2)Louisiana State University, Department of Oceanography & Coastal Science, Baton Rouge, United States
Development and Application of Percent Annual Chance Coastal Inundation Maps to Support Decision-Making in the Northern Gulf of Mexico (231721)
Matthew V Bilskie1, Scott C Hagen1, Jennifer L Irish2, David Yoskowitz3 and Diana C Del Angel4, (1)Louisiana State University, Center for Coastal Resiliency, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, (2)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Center for Coastal Studies, Blacksburg, United States, (3)Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, Corpus Christi, TX, United States, (4)Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX, United States
Assessing economic impact of storm surge under projected sea level rise scenarios (Invited) (253097)
David Yoskowitz, Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies at TAMU-CC, Corpus Christi, TX, United States and Diana C Del Angel, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX, United States
Quantifying the “So what?” of Restoration: A Framework for Evaluating the Ecological and Socio-economic Outcomes of Restoration Activities in the Gulf of Mexico (274055)
Jessica Renee Henkel, Alyssa Dausman, Jean Cowan and Buck Sutter, Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council, New Orleans, LA, United States
Community Based Flood Modeling in Southern and Baja California to Meet End User Needs for Decision-Making (Invited) (208735)
Brett F Sanders, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States
Building more effective sea level rise models for coastal management (297029)
David Kidwell1, Christine Buckel2, Renee Collini3 and Trevor Meckley1, (1)NOAA, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Silver Spring, MD, United States, (2)NOAA, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Beaufort, NC, United States, (3)Northern Gulf of Mexico Sentinel Site Cooperative Coordinator, Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Dauphin Island, AL, United States

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