Sea Level Rise and Vegetation

Poster

1673 - Assessment Of Damage And Mitigation Strategies For The Misquamicut, Ri Coastal Community From A 100 Year Storm Event And Sea Level Rise

Presenting Author(s)

• CB

  Christopher Baxter, PhD, PE, MASCE

  Professor
  University of Rhode Island

Additional Author #1(s)

• JS

  Jamie Shicho

Additional Author #2(s)

• CB

  Christopher Bianchi

Additional Author #3(s)

• LF

  Lauren Folkert

Additional Author #4(s)

• JK

  Julie-Ann Knight

Additional Author #5(s)

• HM

  Hannah Madison

Additional Author #6(s)

• MM

  Mathew Maroukis

Additional Author #7(s)

• MM

  Mathew Maroukis

Additional Author #8(s)

• BQ

  Brendan Quinn

Additional Author #9(s)

• MW

  Michael White

Additional Author #10(s)

• MS

  Malcolm Spaulding

Additional Author #11(s)

• CS

  Craig Swanson, PhD

  RPS ASA
  RPS ASA

Misquamicut is a coastal community located in Westerly, Rhode Island with a high density of structures that has experienced inundation, wave, and wind damage from large storm events. This area is also highly susceptible to sea level rise, which is predicted to be as high as 7 feet by the year 2100 (NOAA, 2017). A tool called the Coastal Environmental Risk Index (CERI) was used to estimate damage to the structures due to a 100 year storm event with and without 7 feet of sea level rise and four mitigation strategies were evaluated to improve resiliency of the community.