Victorian Coastal Hazard Assessment for East Gippsland, 2017

A 2017 state-wide assessment of erosion and inundation hazards resulting from future climate change scenarios. The dataset was created by the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action to inform the Victorian Coastal Monitoring Program. It was last updated on the platform in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Model coastal erosion risk based on future climate scenarios mentioned in the description
• Assess inundation vulnerability for infrastructure planning based on hazard projections
• Inform regional coastal monitoring programs using the state-wide assessment framework

Strengths

• Data is provided under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license
• Covers a specific geographic region (East Gippsland CMA) for focused analysis
• Includes multiple geospatial file formats (TIFF, JPEG, ECW, JPEG 2000, GEOTIFF) for compatibility

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download

Provenance

Source

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action

Collection Method

A second-pass state-wide assessment, likely involving geospatial modeling.

Time Range

Assessment year is 2017.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-28 00:41:29.999854; freshness should be verified

Geography

State of Victoria, Australia, specifically the East Gippsland Catchment Management Authority region.