Climate Resilient Floodplains: Bringing climate science into project design
Presentation Abstract
Floodplains are home to a wide range of economic, cultural, and natural resources. Recent efforts have emphasized collaborative decision-making across multiple floodplain interests, as well as a more holistic perspective on watershed-scale planning. Although there is a strong desire to include climate change into these planning efforts, very little guidance has been developed to help incorporate climate impacts into risk assessments and project design. This is further complicated by the fact that context matters: different locations do not necessarily have the same vulnerabilities, nor the same options for responding. This presentation will summarize recent and ongoing efforts aimed at better understanding the impacts of climate change on floodplains. These include: (1) new research evaluating changes in precipitation, sea level rise, and flooding; (2) lessons from recent conversations, interviews, and interactions with floodplain managers, tribes, agricultural producers, and stormwater professionals in Puget Sound; and (3) scientist-stakeholder collaborations aimed at incorporating climate change into project design.
Session Title
Toward Coordinated Resilience Planning Where People and Ecosystems are Being Squeezed by Climate Change
Conference Track
Protection, Remediation and Restoration
Conference Name
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference (2016 : Vancouver, B.C.)
Document Type
Event
Start Date
2016 12:00 AM
End Date
2016 12:00 AM
Location
2016SSEC
Type of Presentation
Oral
Genre/Form
conference proceedings; presentations (communicative events)
Contributing Repository
Digital content made available by University Archives, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University.
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Floodplain management--Washington (State)--Puget Sound; Climate changes--Risk management--Washington (State)--Puget Sound
Geographic Coverage
Salish Sea (B.C. and Wash.); Puget Sound (Wash.)
Rights
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Type
Text
Language
English
Format
application/pdf
Climate Resilient Floodplains: Bringing climate science into project design
2016SSEC
Floodplains are home to a wide range of economic, cultural, and natural resources. Recent efforts have emphasized collaborative decision-making across multiple floodplain interests, as well as a more holistic perspective on watershed-scale planning. Although there is a strong desire to include climate change into these planning efforts, very little guidance has been developed to help incorporate climate impacts into risk assessments and project design. This is further complicated by the fact that context matters: different locations do not necessarily have the same vulnerabilities, nor the same options for responding. This presentation will summarize recent and ongoing efforts aimed at better understanding the impacts of climate change on floodplains. These include: (1) new research evaluating changes in precipitation, sea level rise, and flooding; (2) lessons from recent conversations, interviews, and interactions with floodplain managers, tribes, agricultural producers, and stormwater professionals in Puget Sound; and (3) scientist-stakeholder collaborations aimed at incorporating climate change into project design.
