Mapping Urban and Landscape Change in Different Sea Level Rise Scenarios

Keywords: Green infrastructure, Sea Level Rise, Landscape metrics, Urban metrics, 3D Model
Session Type: Virtual Paper Abstract
Day: Sunday
Session Start / End Time: 2/27/2022 08:00 AM (Eastern Time (US & Canada)) - 2/27/2022 09:20 AM (Eastern Time (US & Canada))
Room: Virtual 13

Abstract

According to the report from Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), sea-level rise has been a significant factor for impacting the coastal ecosystem, which can provide important eco-services to protect coastal habitats. Sea level rise will also impact services such as transportation and human health by storm and flooding. The objective of this research is to apply geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing, and 3D visualization to present visualized maps, 3D models for monitoring the long-term effects of increasing water levels in two coastal cities located in the southern United States. Also, with the application of urban and landscape metrics, the degree of urban morphology and green infrastructure change will be quantified, the statistical analysis outputs will be more comprehensive and detailed that express the impact of sea-level rise feet by feet on human settlements and the natural environment rather than just how many lands and population are affected. Meanwhile, this research also explores how ecological functions of wetlands, as part of green infrastructure, change under different sea-level rise scenarios. Ultimately, by providing an accurate and timely 2D and 3D representation, detailed impacts quantification, and potential strategies, the framework to be developed in this research is intended to provide a better planning decision support system that will guide planners, designers, engineers, ecologists, and other disciplines, to identify the vulnerable areas and increase resilience in coastal cities and regions for future sea-level rise scenarios so that these long-term climate change effects can be mitigated or adapted.