1. What is UF-Sea Level Rise Viewer?

UF-SLR Viewer is a free tool with a user friendly interface designed to help local planning agencies and other interested institutions in Tampa Bay Region to understand local vulnerability to sea level rise. Using UF-SLR Viewer, Non-experts can easily view estimated vulnerability in Tampa Bay Region under different Sea Level Rise Scenarios.

2. Why use UF-Sea Level Rise Viewer?

Tampa Bay Region Planning agencies, research institutions, urban planners and others can use UF-SLR Viewer to:

<> find out vulnerable facilities in inundation zones and low-lying areas under different sea level rise scenarios;

<> acquire the information of vulnerable critical infrastructures;

<> view the infrastructure vulnerability and integrated vulnerability of Tampa Bay Region at census block group level under different scenarios;

<> understand the causes of the infrastructure vulnerability and integrated vulnerability in each census block group

3. How to use UF-Sea Level Rise Viewer?

<> Select "Inundated Infrastructure" menu in the upper left corner to view the inundated critical infrastructures. Select "Low-lying Infrastructure" menu in the upper left corner to view vulnerable critical infrastructures in low-lying area. Click on any vulnerable infrastructure of interest to view its information in the lower right corner.

<> Select "Infrastructure Vulnerability" menu in the upper left corner to view infrastructures vulnerability at the census block group level. Click on any census block group of interest to view its infrastructure vulnerability score and causes of vulnerability in the lower right corner. The following attributes help to identify the most vulnerable infrastructures that should be prioritized to protect in a census block group.

<> The attribute "ift Infrastructure Vul Score" shows its infrastructure vulnerability score under i ft sea level rise scenario.

<> The Attribute "Emergency Operation Center" shows the contribution of vulnerable emergency operation centers in this census block group to Infrastructure Vulnerability in this census block group. 

<> The attribute "Health Care Facility" shows the contribution of vulnerable health care facility in this census block group to Infrastructure Vulnerability in this census block group.

<> The attribute "Road" shows the contribution of vulnerable roads in this census block group to Infrastructure Vulnerability in this census block group.

<> The attribute "Aviation Facility" shows the contribution of vulnerable aviation facilities in this census block group to Infrastructure Vulnerability in this census block group.

<> The attribute "Rail" shows the contribution of vulnerable railways in this census block group to Infrastructure Vulnerability in this census block group.

<> The attribute "Intermodal Distribution Center" shows the contribution of vulnerable distribution center in this census block group to Infrastructure Vulnerability in this census block group.

<> Select "Integrated Vulnerability" menu in the upper left corner to view integrated vulnerability at the census block group level. Click on any census block group of interest to view its integrated vulnerability score and causes of vulnerability in the lower right corner.

<> Attribute "ift Economic Vul Score" shows the value of economic vulnerability index. It is a value between 0 and 1, with 0 representing the least vulnerable and 1 representing the most vulnerable.

<> Attribute "ift Infrastructure Vul Score" shows the value of infrastructure vulnerability index as above.

<> Attribute "ift Social Vul Score" shows the value of social vulnerability index produced by the Hazards and Vulnerability Research Institute at the University of South Carolina, obtained from NOAA Coastal Service Center.

<> Attribute "Infrastructure Effect" shows the contribution of infrastructure vulnerability in a census block group to the Integrated Vulnerability in this census block group.

<> Attribute "Economic Effect" shows the contribution of economic vulnerability in a census block group to Integrated Vulnerability in this census block group.

<> Attribute "Social Effect" shows the contribution of social vulnerability in a census block group to Integrated Vulnerability in this census block group.

By looking at the "Infrastructure Effect", "Economic Effect", and "Social Effect" attributes, the most vulnerable section in a census block group could be identified, indicating what aspect (e.g. infrastructure protection, community resilience building, or business protection) the adaption should focus on in the vulnerable census block groups.

4. What does legend mean?

<> Legends of Inundated Infrastructure and Low-lying Infrastructure show the symbology of the vulnerable critical infrastructures displayed

<> Legends of Infrastructure vulnerability and integrated vulnerability shows a scale of vulnerability from the least vulnerable to the most vulnerable

5. What is infrastructure vulnerability index and integrated vulnerability index?

<> Infrastructure Vulnerability is an index that considers weighted vulnerable critical infrastructures of different types (e.g. emergency operation center, health care facilities, principal transportation facilities, fuel distribution centers, police and fire department).

<> Integrated Vulnerability is an index that considers weighted social, economic, and infrastructure vulnerabilities.

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