Title South African estuarine flood risk lines
Project National Coastal Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment
Authors

Lück-Vogel, Melanie
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research; role: Senior Researcher

Theron, Andre
Stellenbosch University; role: Senior Lecturer

Theron, Christiaan
Stellenbosch University; role: GIS programmer

Williams, Lauren
Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment; role: GISc Professional

Wessels, Gert
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research; role: Senior Researcher

Khati, Potlako
Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment

Publisher Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2022)
Contributors

Project Member: Theron, Christiaan
Stellenbosch University; role: GIS programmer

Project Member: Williams, Lauren
Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment; role: GISc Professional

Contact Person: Khati, Potlako
Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment; email: PKhati@dffe.gov.za

Contact Person: Lück-Vogel, Melanie
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research; role: Senior Researcher; email: mluckvogel@csir.co.za

Project Member: Lück-Vogel, Melanie
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research; role: Senior Researcher; email: mluckvogel@csir.co.za

Contact Person: GIZ
Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH, GIZ; email: giz-suedafrika@giz.de

Rights Holder: GIZ
Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH, GIZ; email: giz-suedafrika@giz.de

Abstract These datasets contain five estuarine flood risk lines relating to flooding from the inland for estuaries in the South African Northern Cape Province, Western Cape Province, Eastern Cape Province and KwaZulu-Natal Province. The classification from 'very low' to 'very high' was based on expert knowledge. Refer to the Technical Report to the National Coastal Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment, November 2020, Section 4.
Methods Refer to the Technical Report to the National Coastal Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment, November 2020, Section 4: 10.15493/DEA.MIMS.09032022.
Data
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
Temporal extent 01 Nov 2020 – 02 Feb 2021
Geographic extent

South Africa

North: -22.12503
South: -34.8341698957
West: 16.45192
East: 32.8925317467

Vertical extent Max: 20.0 m
Min: 0.0 m
Keywords climate change, coastal climate change, estuarine flood, flood, National Coastal Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment 2019 - 2020, risk lines
Related resources
  • This digital object is referenced by National Coastal Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment Vulnerability Indices: Technical Report (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.09032022)