GC52A:
Creating Convergence Among Academic, State, Federal, and NGO Initiatives to Enhance Sustainability and Resilience of Coastal Systems II


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Session ID#: 58950

Session Description:
Sustainable, resilient coastal environments require scientific advancements from interconnected studies covering a range of disciplines to effectively evaluate reciprocal feedbacks between coupled natural and human processes. For example, impacts of climate change prompt humans to alter the coastal land-margin which has implications for ecological systems as well as socioeconomic development, policy-making, and management of natural resources on multiple scales. A major goal of institutions worldwide (e.g., academia, state, federal, and NGO) is to produce transdisciplinary research outcomes that will inform society about sustainability practices and influence governance and decision making. This session integrates coastal systems studies that advance fields related to natural and social interactions with the broad aim of better understanding, implementing, and achieving convergence among the various coastal research communities. We invite presentations that address topics across the full spectrum of coastal sustainability and resilience, and encourage submissions from the engineering, natural sciences, and social sciences disciplines.
Primary Convener:  Scott C Hagen, Louisiana State University, Center for Coastal Resiliency, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
Conveners:  Denise DeLorme, Louisiana State University, Environmental Sciences, Baton Rouge, LA, United States and Kimberly G Rogers
Primary Liaison:  Scott C Hagen, Louisiana State University, Center for Coastal Resiliency, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
Chairs:  Scott C Hagen, Louisiana State University, Center for Coastal Resiliency, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, Denise DeLorme, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, United States and Carol Wilson, Louisiana State University, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Baton Rouge, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Carol Wilson, Louisiana State University, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Baton Rouge, United States
Co-Organized with:
Global Environmental Change, and Hydrology

Cross-Listed:
  • EP - Earth and Planetary Surface Processes
  • H - Hydrology
  • NH - Natural Hazards
  • SI - Societal Impacts and Policy Sciences

Proposed Co-Organized Session with:
  • EP - Earth and Planetary Surface Processes
  • H - Hydrology
  • SI - Societal Impacts and Policy Sciences
Index Terms:

0466 Modeling [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
1622 Earth system modeling [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1641 Sea level change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
4321 Climate impact [NATURAL HAZARDS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Valuing Natural Habitats for Enhancing Coastal Resilience (422472)
Ali Mohammad Rezaie1, Celso Ferreira2, Margaret A. Walls3, Jarrod Loerzel4, Matt Gorstein4, Sarah Gonyo5, Ziyan Chu6 and Chloe Fleming4, (1)George Mason University, Department of Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering, Fairfax, VA, United States, (2)George Mason University, Sid and Reva Dewberry Department of Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering, Fairfax, United States, (3)Resources for the Future, Washington, DC, United States, (4)NOAA/NOS/National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Charleston, United States, (5)NOAA/NOS/National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Reston, United States, (6)First Street Foundation, New York, United States
Coastal Sustainability and Resilience: Key Interactions of Markets and Public Policy (Invited) (359699)
Andrew Keeler, United States
The Gap between Understanding and Governing our Shifting Coastlines : A Cape Cod Story (368601)
Graham S Giese1, Mark Borrelli2, Stephen T. Mague1, Patricia Hughes1, Stephen McKenna3, Mark Adams4, Theresa L Smith1 and Patrick Barger1, (1)Center for Coastal Studies, Provincetown, MA, United States, (2)University of Massachusetts Boston, School for the Environment, Boston, MA, United States, (3)Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, Boston, United States, (4)Cape Cod National Seashore, North Atlantic Research Laboratory, Wellfleet, MA, United States
Creating a Resilient Connecticut Coast: Constructing Infrastructure to Adapt to a Changing Climate (449559)
Rebecca French, State of Connecticut, Department of Housing, Hartford, CT, United States
Assessment of the Evolution of Coastal Louisiana Storm Surge and Flood Risk 1850 - 2110 (380742)
Christopher G Siverd1, Scott C Hagen2, Matthew V Bilskie3, DeWitt Braud4, Shu Gao5, Hampton Peele4 and Robert Twilley6, (1)Louisiana State University, Civil Engineering, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, (2)Louisiana State University, Center for Coastal Resiliency, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, (3)University of Georgia, School of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural and Mechanical Engineering, Athens, United States, (4)Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, (5)Louisiana State University, Coastal Ecosystem Design Studio, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, (6)Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College, Baton Rouge, United States

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