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Knowledge Base
The Finnish Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change
Lasse Peltonen | 2005-01-01
Recently, climate policy has shifted towards adaptation strategies, which are seen as necessary despite possible advances in efforts to reduce greenhouse gases. In Finland, this shift and growing interest in climate adaptation is marked by the publication of the National Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change (Marttila et al., 2005)...
Estonian Planning System
Johannes Klein | 2005-01-01
The Estonian Building Act (BA) and Planning Act (PA) came into force in 2003. The PA organizes planning on three levels...
Vulnerability Assessment
Vulnerability in Pärnu
Johannes Klein | 2005-01-01
The “High Case” scenario, with an estimated sea level rise of 104 cm, indicates considerable impact on the service sector, groundwater and protected nature areas. The service sector and the protected areas will be mostly impacted due to the loss of large portions of coastal areas...
Modeling & GIS Applications
Baltic Sea Coast of the Stockholm County
Michael Viehhauser | 2005-01-01
The regional GIS assessment of the Stockholm County’s Archipelago and Baltic coast shows that a rise of the Baltic Sea of 0.5 m does not have any negative effects on the coastal land use. Feedback from the concerned municipalities confirms this picture...
Vulnerability Assessment
Vulnerability
Johannes Klein | 2005-01-01
To state a level of vulnerability for an assessed area, a clear definition of the meaning of vulnerability is needed. In a broader sense vulnerability is defined as a set of conditions and processes resulting from physical, social, economical and environmental factors, which determine the susceptibility of a community to the impact of hazards. ..
Knowledge Base
Lessons for Knowledge Transfer between Science and Planning
Lasse Peltonen | 2005-03-30
Within the SEAREG project, the round table discussions organized in Helsinki provided insight to the way the knowledge transfer between science and planning is perceived by the different actors. The discussions also provided information on how planners and scientists could cooperate in a fruitful way...
The European strategy for Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM)
Lasse Peltonen | 2005-03-30
Over the past 30 years, Integrated coastal zone management has become an active field of research and practical development. Despite the variety of ICZM applications, the common goal is to reverse degradation of coastal environments through a holistic and participatory approach (Klinger, 2004). As such, the ICZM approach is relevant for coping with hazards posed by sea-level rise, coastal winter storms and flooding...
Vulnerability Assessment
Usedom Vulnerability
Hartmut Rudolphi | 2005-01-01
Affected areas of concern on Usedom Island are the low-lying barriers. An area of 102 km² will be at risk at a sea level rise of 80 cm; these represent approximatly 28 % of the island...
Modeling & GIS Applications
Climate Modelling
Gunn Persson | 2005-08-04
A climate model is a synthetic climate system described with mathematical terms. The climate models can be used to study possible effects of different emission scenarios for the future...
Vulnerability Assessment
Coping Capacity and Adaptive Capacity
Lasse Peltonen | 2005-01-01
Successful adaptation to climate change and sea-level rise depends greatly on coping capacity or adaptive capacity, that is, the ability of an affected (human or natural) system, region, or community to cope with or adapt to the impacts and risks of climate change induced sea-level rise...
Discussion Platform
Communication of Sea Level Rise in Helsinki
Samuli Lehtonen | 2005-01-01
The City of Helsinki can be seen administratively as a complex system and hierarchy, in which communication on sea level rise related issues is transferred from e.g. science to planning or technical infrastructure decisions to the city planning department...
Vulnerability Assessment
Coping Capacity of Itä-Uusimaa
Heidi Virkki | 2005-04-01
The institutional coping capacity in Itä-Uusimaa is rather high. Local experts generally work closely together and have already established communication channels. This co-operation concerns the flood risk of today, not the future sea level rise...
Modeling & GIS Applications
Modelling and GIS-Application for the Case Study Area Usedom Island
Bernd Röber | 2005-01-01
The coast of Usedom Island is characterised by active cliff sections consisting of Pleistocene till, sand and low lying barriers of marine sand that accumulated during the Holocene. The recent phase of sea-level rise causes coastal retreat along the cliffs as well as in some barrier sections...
Vulnerability Assessment
Coping Capacity Pärnu
Johannes Klein | 2005-01-01
In Pärnu new plans are publicly displayed and can be criticized by the public before they come into force...
Knowledge Base
Questions to Decision-Makers Facing Climate Change
Lasse Peltonen | 2005-03-23
Decision-makers are not necessarily interested in climate change. This may be understandable since climate change is surely not their only concern. Decision-makers in different positions, however, can provide valuable input if they recognize their role in climate change adaptation, e.g. in the case of sea-level rise...
Modeling & GIS Applications
Modeling and GIS Application for the Pärnu Case Study
Johannes Klein | 2005-01-01
The three SLR scenarios assume a sea level rise of 5, 52 and 104 cm relative to the annual mean sea level 1961-1990...
Modelling Sea Level Changes in the Baltic Sea
H. E. Markus Meier | 2005-01-01
Recently, at the Rossby Centre, a series of four scenarios have been performed utilizing two global models (HadAM3H and ECHAM4/OPYC3) and two emission scenarios (A2 and B2). Two time slices have been investigated: 1961-1990 (control climate) and 2071-2100 (scenario climate)...
Knowledge Base
The Importance of Learning and Participation
Lasse Peltonen | 2005-02-18
In the SEAREG project, it has become evident that integrating climate change adaptation into planning practices is not simply a one-way process of transferring climate science data to planners. The importance of learning concerns both the scientists and the planning practitioners...
Modeling & GIS Applications
Assessment of Modelled Sea Level Rise Impacts in the Gdańsk Region
Michael Staudt | 2005-04-01
Gdańsk is the largest city of northern Poland and is situated on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea in the Gulf of Gdańsk. Gdańsk is located in a conurbation with the cities Sopot and Gdynia , which together form a metropolitan area called Trójmiasto (Tricity) with a population of over a million people...
Vulnerability Assessment
Impact Assessment
Johannes Klein | 2005-04-01
The impact assessment evaluates how SLR affects an area or a region. Direct effects of SLR area are mainly new areas permanently inundated by sea and new areas prone to flooding. These effects depend directly on the height of the SLR and the topography of the affected area...
Discussion Platform
Itä-Uusimaa – Communication and Interviews
Heidi Virkki | 2005-04-01
The Vulnerability Assessment in Itä-Uusimaa was carried out by interviewing local and regional experts. The qualitative approach and theme interviews suited the meaning well since the topic is still quite new for many stakeholders. Also the development of the Vulnerability Assessment was easier because of the direct feedback...
Knowledge Base
The Finnish Planning System
Heidi Virkki | 2005-04-08
The new Land Use and Building Act in Finland came into force in the year 2000. According to this Act more power was given to the local level and public participation in the planning process was emphasised...
Vulnerability Assessment
Vulnerability in Itä-Uusimaa
Heidi Virkki | 2005-03-31
The three different mean sea level surface height scenarios (high, medium and low case) for the Baltic Sea released by the SEAREG project for Itä-Uusimaa are: high - a sea level rise of 70-75 cm, medium - a rise of 20-25 cm and low – a drop of 22-27 cm due to the dominating land uplift up to year 2100...
Helsinki - Impact Assessment extensive version
Simo Haanpää | 2005-03-30
Although having a long shoreline with countless islands, Helsinki lies on a relatively high elevation, thus in general being less vulnerable to coastal flooding...
Knowledge Base
Planner's Point of View: a Balancing Act
Oskari Orenius | 2005-03-18
Planners stand between science and politics. The planner is expected to integrate many goals of social and economic development. Climate change is only one issue among many. The planner acts within constraints such as legislation, regional and local politics and personal aims...
Discussion Platform
Gdańsk - Discussion Platform
Michael Staudt | 2005-03-23
The sea level rise scenario maps were discussed with local experts of Gdańsk and Sopot city planning office and interviews were performed during the Gdańsk case study meeting in October 2004. So far climate change, respectively sea level rise, is not a topic for the spatial planners in the region...
Modeling & GIS Applications
Gdańsk - GIS & Modelling
Michael Staudt | 2005-03-23
Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) were produced by digitising topographic maps, coastline and embankments on a scale of 1: 10 000 for the case study areas Gdańsk and Sopot...
Vulnerability Assessment
Gdańsk - Impact Assessment
Michael Staudt | 2005-03-23
In the GIS the sea level rise scenarios were outlined with the help of digital elevation models and the impacted hot spots were identified in a spatial analysis...
Gdańsk - Vulnerability Assessment
Michael Staudt | 2005-03-23
During the Gdańsk case study meeting in October 2004 interviews were performed with local experts to evaluate the impact of the sea level rise scenaios for Gdańsk...
Helsinki Impact assessment
Simo Haanpää | 2005-03-30
Although having a long shoreline with countless islands, Helsinki lies on a relatively high elevation, thus in general being less susceptible to coastal flooding...
Knowledge Base
Helsinki Vulnerability - Winter Storm 2005
Simo Haanpää | 2005-03-30
The winter storm of 8th-9th January 2005 served as a good example on the vulnerability of Helsinki in case of a storm surge. As the sea level reached a new record-height, a wide range of actors both had to show their abilities on minimizing the damage on a short-term basis and to engage themselves on a discussion on the lessons learned...
Vulnerability Assessment
Helsinki - Vulnerability
Simo Haanpää | 2005-03-30
The topography of Helsinki in general makes the city little vulnerable towards flooding. Only few low-lying areas will experience a notable higher flood risk due to sea level rise...
Helsinki - Coping Capacity
Simo Haanpää | 2005-03-30
In Helsinki sea level rise came first into discussion in 1989. As a result the lowest elevation level in Ruoholahti residential area was set to from 2 to 3 meters when newly built up in the 90's...
Knowledge Base
The Polish Planning System
Michael Staudt | 2005-04-01
The Polish Planning system consists of four planning levels: the National level, the Regional level, the County level and the Local level...
Discussion Platform
Risk Communication and Sea Level Rise
Lasse Peltonen | 2005-03-23
During the SEAREG project, it became evident that sea-level related information may prove sensitive or even conflictual, because it combines uncertainties (e.g. occurence of extreme events and knowledge on climate change) to interests such as planning and investment decisions or land and property values...
Knowledge Base
The COMRISK Project
Simo Haanpää | 2005-03-30
Risk perception affects the amount of resources and the level of motivation people are willing to invest in risk prevention measures. It is an important part of a regional, local or even individual coping capacity towards hazards, such as flooding or winter storms. In SEAREG this aspect was addressed in the qualitative vulnerability assessments, as part of institutional coping capacity...
The EU Water Framework Directive Supports Flood Mitigation
Lasse Peltonen | 2005-03-01
The European Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) is an interesting legislative measure in relation to flood risks and climate change adaptation. The directive establishes a framework for the protection of inland surface waters, transitional waters, coastal waters and groundwater, seeking to protect ecosystems, reduce pollution and promote sustainable water use...
Climate Change
Gunn Persson | 2005-04-08
The average global temperature is rising. Over the 20th century, the global surface temperature increased by about 0.6°C and the 20th century was probably the warmest century in the last 1,000 years. The rate of change for the period since 1976 is roughly three times that for the past 100 years as a whole. The year 2004 is placed as the fourth warmest year, just behind 2003, and with 1998 as the warmest year since 1861 when recording started (WMO)...
Shorline Construction – A Challenge Related to Se Level Rise
Lasse Peltonen | 2005-03-23
Finland has a border of 1100 kilometers in the Baltic Sea. The coastal waters are quite shallow and there are numerous islands, especially on the South-Western archipelago that alone has over 17 000 islands. Some 37% of the Finnish coastal shoreline is built up, mainly by summer cottages. (Granö et al., 1995.)..
Modeling & GIS Applications
GIS Application
Hilkka Kallio | 2005-07-29
To calculate the mean sea level rise during the 21st century both land uplift and sea level results of the Regional Climate Model (RCM) were calculated relative to the geoid. The geoid describes the equipotential surface of the Earths gravity field which coincides the mean sea surface. The same surface would arise if the sea water would freely intrude under the continents for example through a tunnel network...
GIS-application in Itä-Uusimaa Case Study Area
Hilkka Kallio | 2005-08-01
This research employed spatial analysis tools in Geographic Information System (GIS) to evaluate the spatial extent of future flood prone areas in the two case study Cities Porvoo and Loviisa. A sum operation was run in the raster calculator to generate a flood prone area analysis with digital elevation model (DEM) and sea level results of the Regional Climate Model (RCM) as source data. ..
Land Uplift & Subsidence
Hilkka Kallio | 2005-08-01
n the long term perspectives the sea surface is subject to constant changes. Its variability depends on a combination of global, regional and local factors and also time scale. Climate change has been one of the main causes of changes in quantity of oceanic water during the history of the Earth. During the last glaciation enormous fresh-water masses were stored in ice sheets in northern Europe and northern America...
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