Coastal Risks and Sea-Level Rise Research Group, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Department of Geography, 24098 Kiel, Germany.
Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Sci Data. 2018 Mar 27;5:180044. doi: 10.1038/sdata.2018.44.
We have developed a new coastal database for the Mediterranean basin that is intended for coastal impact and adaptation assessment to sea-level rise and associated hazards on a regional scale. The data structure of the database relies on a linear representation of the coast with associated spatial assessment units. Using information on coastal morphology, human settlements and administrative boundaries, we have divided the Mediterranean coast into 13 900 coastal assessment units. To these units we have spatially attributed 160 parameters on the characteristics of the natural and socio-economic subsystems, such as extreme sea levels, vertical land movement and number of people exposed to sea-level rise and extreme sea levels. The database contains information on current conditions and on plausible future changes that are essential drivers for future impacts, such as sea-level rise rates and socio-economic development. Besides its intended use in risk and impact assessment, we anticipate that the Mediterranean Coastal Database (MCD) constitutes a useful source of information for a wide range of coastal applications.
我们开发了一个新的地中海沿海数据库，旨在对海平面上升和相关灾害进行区域性的沿海影响和适应评估。数据库的结构依赖于沿海地区的线性表示，以及相关的空间评估单元。利用有关沿海形态、人类住区和行政边界的信息，我们将地中海海岸划分为 13900 个沿海评估单元。我们将 160 个有关自然和社会经济子系统特征的参数空间分配给这些单元，例如极端海平面、垂直土地运动以及受到海平面上升和极端海平面影响的人数。该数据库包含有关当前状况和未来可能变化的信息，这些信息是未来影响的重要驱动因素，例如海平面上升率和社会经济发展。除了在风险和影响评估中的预期用途外，我们预计地中海沿海数据库（MCD）将成为广泛的沿海应用的有用信息来源。
