Sea Grant 2022 Puget Sound Parcel-scale Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Assessment

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Between 2020 and 2022, a team from Washington Sea Grant and Coastal Geologic Services developed a quantitative sea level rise vulnerability approach for coastal parcels on Puget Sound. The goals of the project were to construct, calculate, and map a sea level rise vulnerability index that: 1) Accounts for potential impacts to both the built environment (homes, roads, and critical infrastructure) and the natural environment (coastal habitats); 2) Uses only publicly-available data; 3) Is based on exposure to both erosion and flooding; 4) Provides insights about differences in vulnerability between individual parcels in Puget Sound; 5) Enables new insights about the spatial distribution of vulnerability in Puget Sound, and helps to prioritize locations where vulnerability is highest.

https://wacoastalnetwork.com/puget-sound-parcel-scale-sea-level-rise-vulnerability-assessment/

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