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High-Tide Floods Deter Visitors, Cut Historic Maryland Town Revenue
Last edited Thu Feb 14, 2019, 06:57 PM - Edit history (1)
In the historic Maryland town of Annapolis, tidal flooding driven by the rising sea led to a loss of about 3,000 visitors and up to $172,000 lost revenue for eight businesses in 2017, after the floods deterred potential customers from reaching the businesses’ popular parking lot.
Without adaptive measures to counter sea level rise, high-tide flooding’s effects on downtown Annapolis businesses could become much worse, the authors predict.
The analysis, published on February 15 in Science Advances, highlights how sea level rise can affect a seemingly natural event – the tides – which can in turn negatively impact the economy of coastal cities like Richmond, Virginia; San Diego, California; and Miami, Florida, among others. The study’s innovative economic evaluation will be increasingly important to coastal communities along East Coast, the authors said, as officials seek to develop adaptation plans at the local level.
“It’s important that communities address high-tide flooding along with a larger plan for how they see their coasts evolving in the future,” said Miyuki Hino, a Stanford University researcher and co-author of the study. “We are really right on the cusp of seeing a sharp increase in the impacts of high-tide flooding. It’s been a gradual increase until now, but we’re at a tipping point where the losses are going to accelerate soon. It’s clear that there’s an urgent need for adaptation.”
...https://www.aaas.org/news/high-tide-floods-deter-visitors-cut-historic-maryland-town-revenue
A paddler passes through a flooded downtown Annapolis, Md., in Oct. 2017. | Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program
Without adaptive measures to counter sea level rise, high-tide flooding’s effects on downtown Annapolis businesses could become much worse, the authors predict.
The analysis, published on February 15 in Science Advances, highlights how sea level rise can affect a seemingly natural event – the tides – which can in turn negatively impact the economy of coastal cities like Richmond, Virginia; San Diego, California; and Miami, Florida, among others. The study’s innovative economic evaluation will be increasingly important to coastal communities along East Coast, the authors said, as officials seek to develop adaptation plans at the local level.
“It’s important that communities address high-tide flooding along with a larger plan for how they see their coasts evolving in the future,” said Miyuki Hino, a Stanford University researcher and co-author of the study. “We are really right on the cusp of seeing a sharp increase in the impacts of high-tide flooding. It’s been a gradual increase until now, but we’re at a tipping point where the losses are going to accelerate soon. It’s clear that there’s an urgent need for adaptation.”
...https://www.aaas.org/news/high-tide-floods-deter-visitors-cut-historic-maryland-town-revenue
A paddler passes through a flooded downtown Annapolis, Md., in Oct. 2017. | Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program
Edit: AAAS seems to have pulled this article.
