Abstract
Abstract. Coastal vulnerability is
evaluated against inundation risk triggered by wave run-up through the
evaluation of vulnerability levels (referred to as VLs) introduced by
Bosom and Jiménez (2011). VLs are assessed through different wave climate
characterizations, referring to regional (offshore wave climate) or local
(nearshore wave climate) scales. The study is set along the Bay of Lalzit, a
coastal area near Durrës (Albania). The analysis reveals that the results
vary due to uncertainties inherent in the run-up estimation, showing that the
computational procedure should be developed by taking into account detailed
information about the local wave climate. Different approaches in choosing
wave characteristics for run-up estimation significantly affect the estimate
of shoreline vulnerability. The analysis also shows the feasibility and
challenges of applying VL estimates in contexts characterized by limited data
availability through targeted field measurements of the coast geomorphology
and an overall understanding of the recent coastal dynamics and related
controlling factors.
Subject
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
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