The impact of sea level rise on the Solomon Islands

海平面上升对所罗门群岛的影响

• 批准号: 2106110
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Southampton
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2018 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2106110
• 关键词: impact; sea; level; rise; Solomon

The aim of this PhD research is to assess the impact sea-level rise is having in small island settings using the Solomon Islands in the south Pacific as an example. In the Solomon Islands, people often live on artificial and informal land reclamations developed from coral and other rubble material. These are not formally designed and during extreme events they can fail. Climate change and sea-level rise are being increasingly blamed as the cause of these failures. To address the overall aim there are three main objectives:1. To map and quantify the extent of shoreline change, erosion, adaptation and human development over a range of timescales (100 years, decadal and annual);2. To assess rates of sea level rise in region, and identify specific storm events and conditions, that have led to major inundation and coastal erosion events in the past; and3. To investigate how island communities are being impacted, including the role of coastal engineering in mitigating these impacts.The Solomon Islands are potential recipients of adaptation funding and this research will culminate in developing sympathetic and successful interventions that are consistent with the local way of life.

这项博士研究的目的是评估海平面上升的影响是在小岛屿设置使用南太平洋的所罗门群岛为例。在所罗门群岛，人们往往生活在人工和非正式的填海造地上，这些填海造地是用珊瑚和其他碎石材料开发的。这些都不是正式设计的，在极端事件中，它们可能会失败。气候变化和海平面上升越来越多地被指责为这些失败的原因。为了解决总体目标，有三个主要目标：1。绘制一系列时间尺度（100年、十年和每年）的海岸线变化、侵蚀、适应和人类发展的程度并加以量化;2.评估该区域海平面上升的速度，并确定过去导致重大洪水和海岸侵蚀事件的具体风暴事件和条件;调查岛屿社区如何受到影响，包括沿海工程在减轻这些影响方面的作用，所罗门群岛是适应资金的潜在接受者，这项研究将最终制定符合当地生活方式的同情和成功的干预措施。