Dynamic Coast: Scottish Coastal Resilience and Future Erosion Forecasts

Phase two of the Dynamic Coast research project updates historical coastal extent layers from 1890 to modern times and provides forecasts for Mean High Water Springs under High, Medium, and Low Emission Scenarios. The dataset maps and categorizes the resilience of Scotland's natural coastal defences and estimates future climate change impacts on soft coasts. It was produced by the Government Digital Service, incorporating the latest monitoring techniques and stakeholder-developed adaptation plans at five 'super sites'.

Use Cases

• Modeling future coastal erosion risk based on emission scenario forecasts mentioned in the description.
• Assessing the resilience of natural coastal defences like dunes based on the mapping and categorization provided.
• Planning adaptation and mitigation actions based on stakeholder-developed plans at the five 'super sites'.
• Analyzing historical shoreline change using the updated layers depicting Mean High Water Springs from 1890 onward.

Strengths

• Includes historical data layers spanning from 1890 to modern times.
• Provides forecasts for three distinct emission scenarios (High, Medium, Low).
• Incorporates stakeholder-developed adaptation plans at five specific 'super sites'.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Research project incorporating latest monitoring techniques and stakeholder input.

Time Range

Historical data from 1890 to modern times, plus future forecasts.

Freshness

Last updated date is unknown.

Geography

Scotland, with detailed focus on five 'super sites' including St Andrews, Montrose, and Skara Brae.