Mere Nuisance or Growing Threat? The Physical and Economic Impact of High Tide Flooding on US Road Networks.

ABSTRACT: High tide flooding (HTF) already affects traffic in many US coastal areas, but the issue will worsen significantly in the future. While studies show that large storm surge events threaten to be ever more costly, less damaging, but more frequent HTF events remain understudied and potentially carry a comparable economic impact. This study advances our understanding of the risks and impacts of HTF on vulnerable traffic corridors using hourly tide gauge water levels, sea-level rise projections, and link-level spatial analysis. It is the first study to estimate HTF economic impacts for varying levels of intervention, including reasonably anticipated driver-initiated rerouting and ancillary protection of adjacent property. The 2020 annual national-level costs of $1.3 to $1.5 billion will increas

SUBMITTER: Fant C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9475394 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature