COASTAL HAZARDS @ VIRGINIA TECH

Research Themes

Disaster Resilience

​We aim to reduce the potential for coastal hazards to evolve into disasters, in the context of both climate stressors (e.g., sea-level rise) and societal stressors (e.g., population growth).

Hazard Assessment

We aim to improve the reliability of quantitative coastal hazard assessments, including future projections incorporating sea-level rise and climate change.

Process Sedimentology

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Natural Infrastructure

We aim to improve understanding of the role of vegetation and beaches in coastal hazard mitigation, including the influence of sea-level rise on their mitigation potential.
Acknowledgements & Credits: This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration's Sea Grant Program, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Department of Energy, National Commission on Energy Policy, Texas General Land Office, and Virginia Tech. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of these funding sponsors. Background photo courtesy of Sadatsugu Tomizawa (Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

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