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System Mapping to Promote Resilient Decision-Making in Port Communities
Citation:
Frank, J. AND K. Naney. System Mapping to Promote Resilient Decision-Making in Port Communities. 5th Annual UNC Climate Change and Resilience Symposium, Chapel Hill, NC, April 20, 2018.
Impact/Purpose:
To engage multidisciplinary experts in a systems analysis to evaluate how alternative decision scenarios for maritime port management may interact across economic, social, and environmental sectors and contribute to exposure risk for the associated port community.
Description:
Port communities are particularly vulnerable to environmental hazards including: extreme weather, toxic air pollution, hazardous materials storage and transport, and operational and accidental environmental emissions from industry. Following the Panama Canal expansion, port expansion activities are occurring in the Gulf of Mexico and Eastern United States to accommodate larger cargo ships. The associated coastal modifications and port management decisions will have cross-sector implications that can impact regional resiliency. Due to the complex interactions between cross-sector systems, decision-makers are presented with unique challenges that require a systems perspective, multidisciplinary expertise, and multi-sector stakeholder collaboration to effectively prevent or reduce environmental hazards and/or exposures.
