Content:
Regional Activities:
Workshop: Coastal Change as a Challenge for Society, Culture, and Spatial Planning;
RADOST on Tour: Baltic Sea Coast 2100 – On the Way to Regional Climate Adaptation;
Monitoring the Environmental Conditions in the Nearshore Area;
National Activities:
Outstanding Climate Adaptation;
International Activities:
RADOST in Exchange with Coastal Planners in the USA;
Short Film on Climate Change Adaptation in Germany, Poland,
and the Baltic States;
Publications:
Analyses of the Perception of Climate Change Along the
German Baltic Sea Coast;
RADOST Studies on Artificial Reefs
Content:
Regional Activities:
RADOST: Baltic Sea Coast 2100;
Close Cooperation with Tourism Experts in the Future;
The Bay of Kiel Climate Alliance takes a new Direction;
National Activities:
Second Regional Conference on Climate Adaptation Communities in Climate Change;
International Activities:
National Adaptation Strategies in the Baltic States;
Exchange of Experiences with Practitioners in the USA;
Chinese Delegation Shows Interest in Coastal Research in Kiel;
RADOST and Baltadapt at Green Week and the UN Climate Conference;
RADOST at the Baltic Sea Days
Publications:
Perceptions and Activities regarding Climate Change on
the German Baltic Sea Coast;
Handbook „Climate Change Adaptation Strategies in the
Baltic Sea Region“;
New Edition of “Meer & Küste”;
Assessment of the Influence of Climate Change on Development Potential for Near-surface Geothermal Energy
Content:
Regional Activities:
Science on Tour along the Baltic Sea Coast;
Climate Pavilion Schönberg Inaugurated;
New RADOST Partner: Hamburg University of Technology;
First Organic Mussels from Kiel;
International Activities:
Climate Change Impacts in the Baltic Sea Region: Assessment Report Provides Opportunity for Discussion;
Bottom-up Climate Adaptation Strategies towards a Sustainable Europe;
Transatlantic Exchange of Adaptation Measures;
Publications
This work deal with a comparison between the common
"bathtub method" and a state-of-the-art hydrodynamic model, called MIKE21 HD Flow Model, for modelling storm surges. The aim of this study is to work out the differences between both approaches and to find out how probable differences look like. There is the question if the "bathtub method" represents flooding adequate or, if the consideration of physics by hydrodynamic models makes a major difference and displays maybe the "real" risk of
inundations. This work tries to underline the differences between those two approaches, where the strengths and weaknesses are and what influence those differences have for an inundation analysis. The investigation was made on a digital elevation model for the study area of Kiel, the capital city of the state Schleswig-Holstein in Germany. The two approaches were made on data for a small storm surge on the basis of water-level-change and wind-regime data from 2010.
The work presented here is part of the socioeconomic analysis that is carried out within the RADOST project. It has been the starting point of developing a dynamic regionalized Input-Output (IO) model that is used to assess the effects of climate change and adaptation strategies on the regional economy. In a first step the model has been set up for the tourist sector in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The possible developments of the tourism demand – influenced by climate change and other factors – were represented in three scenarios, which in turn were used as input data for the IO model.
As a gateway between ground and sea transportation, and as
a business location for service and industry, ports are of great significance for the regional and national economy. At the same time, port structures are located in regions threatened by storms and rising sea levels. Due to highly interdependent value chains,weather related disruptions in port operation can cause serious economic damage. Thus, adaptation to possible climate impacts seems like an obvious task for port authorities. The article analyses the climate vulnerability of German Baltic port locations.