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An assessment of the value of natural capital in the protective service against coastal and inland flooding in the UK Overseas Territory of the British Virgin Islands: BVI Flood Resilience Modelling Tool – Technical Report 2020

Abstract

This technical report outlines the modelling work conducted as part of a JNCC-led, CSSF-funded project aiming to assess the value of natural capital in providing protective services from storms and hurricanes in the British Virgin Islands (BVI). This project is a continuation of the CSSF Natural Capital in the Overseas Territories programme 'Natural Capital in the Caribbean and South Atlantic Overseas Territories: Valuation, Vulnerability and Monitoring Change'.

The British Virgin Islands are a Caribbean UK Overseas Territory that lie in the North Atlantic hurricane belt, and as a result are at constant risk from tropical storms and hurricanes during the yearly season, exemplified by the devastating impacts of Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017.

Two modelling frameworks were produced to assess how nature-based solutions can mitigate some of the risks associated with such storms; one to model inland run-off and flooding risk as a result of precipitation, and another to model flooding risk and marine risk as a result of storm surge.

Resource type Publication

Topic category Environment

Reference date 2020·09·04

Citation
Jones, A., Trippier, B., Sym, E., Jones, G. & Wright, E. 2020. An assessment of the value of natural capital in the protective service against coastal and inland flooding in the UK Overseas Territory of the British Virgin Islands: BVI Flood Resilience Modelling Tool – Technical Report. JNCC Report No. 649, JNCC, Peterborough, ISSN 0963-8091.

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This technical report outlines the modelling work conducted as part of a JNCC-led, CSSF-funded project aiming to assess the value of natural capital in providing protective services from storms and hurricanes in the British Virgin Islands.

Responsible organisation
Communications, JNCC publisher

Limitations on public access No limitations

Use constraints Available under the Open Government Licence 3.0

Metadata date 2020·09·09

Metadata point of contact
Communications, JNCC

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