Coastal risk

Abstract

Coastal Risk is defined as the ecological, social, economical, functional, and cultural damages possibly caused to coastal areas due to their geographical location. The risk is conditioned by two components: kind of menace and vulnerability. For that reason, coastal risk means that the coastal area is exposed to the possibility of loss. To know the risks a specific coastal area is exposed to, the possible consequences of a natural or anthropic event impact, and the probabilities of some kind of danger or threat to that area, have to be previously assessed.