Application of GIS/Geomatics to Areas affected by Subsiding Land and Rising Sea: Simulation of Risks and Identification of At-Risk Infrastructure

Abstract

Combined effect of land subsidence and sea level rise poses a significant longterm threat of coastal land inundation. It jeopardizes infrastructure located in these areas. A detailed GIS method that adopts historical land elevation data of a region collected by a continuous monitoring and surveying network is discussed and detailed in this paper. Authors simulated the risks of land inundation for varying periods in future and identified at-risk infrastructure located in the affected area with the help of the GIS. The risks were forecasted for next 100 years, with 10-year increments starting from 2014. Some of the infrastructure assets located in some of the coastal areas of Gulf of Mexico were chosen as an example of at-risks assets for this study. Authorities such as state departments of transportation would use this approach in identifying the at-risk infrastructure and plan for their short-term and long-term response accordingly.

Meeting Name

Pipelines 2019 Conference: Condition Assessment, Construction, and Rehabilitation (2019: Jul. 21-24, Nashville, TN)

Department(s)

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering

Keywords and Phrases

Floods; Sea level, Combined effect; Continuous monitoring; Elevation data; Gulf of Mexico; Infrastructure assets; Land subsidence; Sea level rise; State departments of transportations, Pipelines

International Standard Book Number (ISBN)

978-078448249-0

Document Type

Article - Conference proceedings

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Citation

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2019 American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Jul 2019

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