Coastal Land Change Under Sea Level Rise
A study of the interplay between land cover and landowner decisions on the east coast of the U.S.
- Developed a satellite imagery-based map of coastal land degradation on working lands.
- Sea level rise impacts interact with landowner decisions, not just physical processes.
- Landowner risk perception and social interactions are key drivers of adaptation actions.
- A spatially explicit agent-based model linking NASA Earth observations, sea level projections, and human decision-making will help to identify the impact of human decision-making on coast landcover change under future scenarios.
