TOOL

Coastal Resilience Mapping Portal

Publicly Accessible

Description

Developer/Partners: The Nature Conservancy (2015)

Relevant Hazard/Threat(s): Coastal hazards

Intent: Support coastal flood adaptation decisions through aggregating data and tools in a web viewer

The Coastal Mapping Portal tool supports decision-making by showing a range of expected flooding associated with sea level rise and storm surge plus the economic cost/impact of various coastal adaptation measures including levees, wetland restoration, and home elevation.

Data Parameters

Inputs: Oceanic and atmospheric, economic, and ecological data
Outputs: Various simulations depending on the analyses being conducted

Caveats

Information available only for 17 U.S. coastal states and various locations in the Caribbean, Mexico, and Central America