When the Tides Come, Where Will We Go? Modeling the Impacts of Sea Level Rise on the Greater Boston, Massachusetts, Transport and Land Use System

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dc.contributor.authorHan, Yafei
dc.contributor.authorZegras, P. Christopher
dc.contributor.authorRocco, Victor
dc.contributor.authorDowd, Michael
dc.contributor.authorMurga, Mikel
dc.contributor.otherCEDEUS (Chile)
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-23T21:24:40Z
dc.date.available2025-01-23T21:24:40Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractFor coastal urban areas, an increase in flooding is one of the clearest climate change threats. The research presented in this paper demonstrates how a land use-transport model can be used to forecast the short- and longer-term impacts of a potential 4-ft sea level rise in greater Boston, Massachusetts, by 2030. The short-term scenario represents the immediate transport system response to inundation, which provides a measure of resiliency in the case of an extreme event, such as a storm surge. In the short run, the results reveal that transit captive users will suffer more. Transit, in general, displays less resiliency, at least in part because of the center city's vulnerability and Boston's radial transit system. Trip distances would modestly decrease, and average travel speeds would go down by more than 50%. Rail transit ridership would be decimated, and overall transit usage would go down by 66%. The longer-term scenario predicts how households and firms would prefer to relocate in the so-called new equilibrium when more than 10 mi(2) of land disappears and the transport network inundations become permanent. Assuming no supply constraints, new residential growth centers would emerge on the peripheries of the inundated zones, primarily in the inner-core suburbs. Some regional urban centers and traditional industrial towns would boom. Firms would be hit harder, because of their heavy concentration in the inner core; firm relocation would largely follow households. Transit usage would again be decimated, but walking trips would increase. Results, however, should be viewed as cautious speculation.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.3141/2653-07
dc.identifier.eissn2169-4052
dc.identifier.issn0361-1981
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3141/2653-07
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/101313
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000413602600008
dc.issue.numero2653
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final64
dc.pagina.inicio54
dc.revistaTransportation research record
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subject.ods02 Zero Hunger
dc.subject.ods14 Life Below Water
dc.subject.ods13 Climate Action
dc.subject.ods15 Life on Land
dc.subject.ods11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
dc.subject.odspa02 Hambre cero
dc.subject.odspa14 Vida submarina
dc.subject.odspa13 Acción por el clima
dc.subject.odspa15 Vida de ecosistemas terrestres
dc.subject.odspa11 Ciudades y comunidades sostenibles
dc.titleWhen the Tides Come, Where Will We Go? Modeling the Impacts of Sea Level Rise on the Greater Boston, Massachusetts, Transport and Land Use System
dc.typeartículo
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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