Integrating social data and engineering solutions for developing resilient water infrastructure against coastal climate change.

ABSTRACT: This study combines responses from a social survey with compound flood modeling in a marginalized coastal community to assess implementation of green infrastructure, such as rain barrels and rain gardens, in a city scale. This research focuses on the City of Imperial Beach, CA, which is an underserved coastal community located near the border with Mexico. A principal objective of the present research was analyzing social survey responses and the public's perceptions to estimate the extent to which decentralized water infrastructure might be accepted by and feasible for the target underserved coastal community. The feasibility of the proposed solution is strengthened through a collaboration with the City of Imperial Beach, which has led to the results of this study being presented in variou

SUBMITTER: Sangsefidi Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11871364 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature