Scyphers Lab at the University of South Alabama
NOAA ADAPTATION SCIENCES (AdSci) - MANGROVES & SEAWALLS
COLLABORATIVE MODELING THE BENEFITS, CONSEQUENCES, AND TRADE-OFFS OF MANGROVES AND SEAWALLS FOR COASTAL COMMUNITIES.
Through network analyses, interviews, and collaborative modeling, we are studying the impacts of mangroves, bulkheads, and other climate adaptation strategies in the Florida Keys.
Project Goals:
The overarching research question of our study is:
How do diverse stakeholders, from empowered decision-makers to vulnerable groups impacted by decisions, perceive and prioritize the benefits, consequences, and trade-offs of shoreline social-ecological systems and hazard adaptation decisions?
Project Team
Steven Scyphers, Assistant Professor of Social-Ecological Sustainability, Northeastern University
Chris Bergh, Conservation Scientist, The Nature Conservancy
Steven Gray, Professor of Community Sustainability Michigan State University
Sharon Harlan, Professor of Sociology & Health Sciences, Northeastern University
Alison Higgins, Sustainability Coordinator, City of Key West
Randall Hughes, Professor & Marine Ecologist, Northeastern University
Jennifer Helgeson, Community Resilience Economist, NIST
Christine Shepard, Director of Science, The Nature Conservancy
Tori Tomiczek, Assistant Professor of Coastal Engineering, US Naval Academy
Sarah Limer,
Graduate Student, University of South Alabama
Funding:
This study was funded by NOAA’s Adaptation Science (AdSci) Program.