![](https://www.bnhcrc.com.au/sites/default/files/styles/page_hero/public/biblio-heroimage.jpg?itok=07W1Md1N)
PUBLICATIONS
Published works
![](https://www.bnhcrc.com.au/sites/default/files/styles/panopoly_image_full/public/default_images/biblio-default.jpg?itok=gSfjLZLZ)
Resilience to clustered disaster events at the coast: storm surge: Annual project report 2015-2016
Title | Resilience to clustered disaster events at the coast: storm surge: Annual project report 2015-2016 |
Publication Type | Report |
Year of Publication | 2016 |
Authors | Nichol, S |
Document Number | 168 |
Date Published | 08/2016 |
Institution | Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC |
City | Melbourne |
Report Number | 168 |
Abstract | Coastal communities in Australia are particularly exposed to clustered disaster events, due to the impact of cyclones and extra-tropical storms when there can be coincidence of severe wind damage, storm surge, coastal flooding and shoreline erosion. Because the climatic drivers of cyclones and severe storms are stronger during or across specific years (e.g. during La Niña periods), these events often repeatedly impact the coast over periods of weeks to months. The consequences of individual events are therefore exacerbated with little or no opportunity for recovery of natural systems or communities. The storm events that occurred on the southeast coast of Australia during 1974 are the most significant and recent in memory in terms of coastal impact associated with clustered events. The clustering in that year occurred as a series of at least 10 storms between January and June. Not all of these events led to coastal erosion, but the sequence likely played some role in setting the pre-conditions of the beach that ultimately led to the erosion towards the end of this six month period. The question therefore is to determine the beach response to clustered event sets and the nature of how those events ultimately lead to erosion. |
![application/pdf PDF icon](/modules/file/icons/application-pdf.png)
Published Works
![Sourced from: BNHCRC Sourced from: BNHCRC](https://www.bnhcrc.com.au/sites/default/files/styles/logo-framed/public/pubtag-bnhcrc.png?itok=B7ZDS0SN)