Browsing by Author "Contreras-Lopez, Manuel"

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    Analysis of Climate-Related Risks for Chile's Coastal Settlements in the ARClim Web Platform
    (2022) Winckler, Patricio; Contreras-Lopez, Manuel; Garreaud, Rene; Meza, Francisco; Larraguibel, Cristian; Esparza, Cesar; Gelcich, Stefan; Falvey, Mark; Mora, Javiera
    The web-based tool ARClim provides an atlas of climate change-related risk assessments spanning over 50 environmental and productive sectors in Chile. This paper illustrates the implementation of ARClim on two coastal sectors, operational downtime in fishing coves and flooding in coastal settlements, aiming to provide a tool to visualize comparative estimates of risk, which may enable decision makers and stakeholders to prioritize adaptation measures. The risk is calculated as a function of the hazard, exposure, and sensitivity. Exposure and sensitivity are characterized using present day information. To assess the hazard, wave climate for a historical period (1985-2004) and a projection (2026-2045) were modeled with six general circulation models (GCMs) for an RCP8.5 scenario. Similarly, sea-level rise was computed from 21 GCMs. Results show that the flooding hazard is mostly dependent on sea-level rise, with waves playing a minor role. However, the flooding risk is highly variable along the coast, due to differences in the exposure, which strongly depends on the population of each settlement. The analysis of increased operational downtime in fishing coves also shows risk, which is dependent of the size of each site. Lastly, limitations of the analysis and opportunities for improvement are discussed.
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    Can coastal scenery be managed? The Valparaiso region, Chile as a case study
    (2018) Rangel-Buitrago, Nelson; Contreras-Lopez, Manuel; Martínez Reyes, Carolina del Pilar; Williams, Allan
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    Coastal erosion in central Chile: a new hazard?
    (2018) Martínez Reyes, Carolina del Pilar; Contreras-Lopez, Manuel; Winckler, Patricio; Hidalgo, Hector; Godoy, Eduardo; Agredano, Roberto