Developing a GIS-based Geospatial Decision Support Tool for Assessing Climate Change Impacts on Flood Risks in Northern Cascadia Road Networks
Project ID: P13AC00706
Federal Agency: National Park Service
Partner Institution: University of Washington
Fiscal Year: 2013
Initial Funding: $18,000
Total Funding: $18,000
Project Type: Research
Project Disciplines: Physical
National Park: North Cascades National Park
Principal Investigator: Istanbulluoglu, Erkan
Agreement Technical Representative: Rochefort, Regina
Abstract: This project will develop a flexible geographic information system (GIS)-based database (GIS-Hydroads) that can be integrated with a regional hydrologic model developed at the University of Washington (UW) to aid in decision making related to road infrastructure (initially culverts) associated with flooding risks under climate change. GIS-Hydroads will be designed in a modular fashion in collaboration with the National Park Service (and the US Forest Service), and be expandable with future technical capabilities and transferable throughout the western US. Proof-of-concept applications of GIS-Hydroads will be presented in a representative basin along the west slope of the North Cascade mountains of Washington, where preliminary analysis will test the practicability of the database and inventory approach, leading refinement of the culvert database, inventory, and assessment. An interagency workshop is planned to demonstrate the approach and garner support for expanded use. The full implementation of GIS-Hydroads in the future would facilitate prioritization of facility improvements and habitat restoration under more extreme future hydrology and to advance the regional adaptation capacity of a more resilient built and natural network of roads and rivers.
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