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Integral - Coastal Vulnerability and Risk Assessment Services
Communities and facilities along our nation’s coastlines are perpetually at risk due to a complex interplay of processes that drive coastal change. Integral is a leader in developing cutting-edge approaches to assess vulnerability and risk, communicating the information, and engaging with local stakeholders. Our approach is to carefully identify the vulnerabilities of various infrastructure components or natural resources that stem from exposure to different physical processes and from coastal hazards related to critical location and elevation details. Risk is determined by what physical processes may cause the vulnerability and the associated consequence of any damages.
Integral Consulting identifies science-based solutions to coastal-related challenges by taking a holistic, systems approach to understanding the risks posed by physical processes to social, economic, and ecological aspects of coastal communities and facilities. We evaluate the costs, benefits, and trade-offs among different adaptation approaches, leading to sustainable community planning and resource management.
Our team’s portfolio of scientific expertise—geology, oceanography, modeling, geomorphology, ecology, and economics—allows us to unravel the complex processes that make communities and facilities vulnerable to coastal change. We understand how to measure, analyze, and explain the interactive processes driving change today, and we have the tools to project how the interactions will evolve in the future.