Bellarine Peninsula 1% AEP Coastal Inundation Model with 0.5m Sea Level Rise

The Bellarine-Corio Bay Local Coastal Hazard Assessment (LCHA) provides a static (bathtub) inundation model for a 1% Annual Exceedance Probability coastal flood event, assuming a 0.5-meter sea level rise. It was created in 2016 for 14 study areas along the Bellarine Peninsula and Greater Geelong coast. The dataset is provided by the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action and is available in multiple geospatial formats.

Use Cases

• Assessing coastal flood risk for urban planning based on the 1% AEP inundation extents.
• Modeling the impact of sea level rise on coastal communities based on the 0.5m SLR assumption.
• Creating hazard maps for emergency management based on the static inundation model outputs.
• Informing infrastructure development and land-use zoning based on the delineated hazard areas.

Strengths

• Models a specific 1% Annual Exceedance Probability (AEP) coastal inundation event.
• Explicitly incorporates a 0.5-meter sea level rise scenario.
• Covers 14 distinct study areas along the Bellarine Peninsula and Greater Geelong coast.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The static (bathtub) modeling approach is noted to have limitations, which are detailed in external project reports.

Provenance

Source

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action

Collection Method

Static (bathtub) inundation modelling.

Time Range

2016

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-08 23:45:29.824432; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Bellarine Peninsula and Greater Geelong area, Victoria, Australia, covering 14 specific study areas.