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This work proposes the Beach Vulnerability Index (BVI), an easy-to-calculate, data-accessible framework requiring low processing capacity. BVI numerically approximates indicators linked to beach evolution mechanisms—sediment availability, wave climate, beach morphodynamics, and sea level change—enabling comparisons across beaches, sectors, and long- and short-term processes. 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(alexandrakis@ [iacm.forth.gr](iacm.forth.gr))  \nAn holistic approach to beach erosion vulnerability assessment  \nGeorge Alexandrakis 1 & Serafim E. Poulos2  \n1Institute of Applied and Computational Mathematics, Foundation of Research and Technology, Hellas, 2Faculty of Geology & Geoenvironment, Department of Geography & Climatology, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.  \nErosion is a major threat for coasts worldwide, beaches in particular, which constitute one of the most valuable coastal landforms. Vulnerability assessments related to beach erosion may contribute to planning measures to counteract erosion by identifying, quantifying and ranking vulnerability. Herein, we present anew index, the Beach Vulnerability Index(BVI), which combines simplicity in calculations, easily obtainable data and low processing capacity. This approach provides results not only for different beaches, but also for different sectors ofthe same beach and enables the identification of the relative significance of the processes involved. It functions through the numerical approximation of indicators that correspond to the mechanisms related to the processes that control beach evolution, such as sediment availability, wave climate, beach morhodynamicsand sea level change. The BVI is also intended tobe used asa managerial tool for beach sustainability, including resilience to climate change impact on beach erosion.  \nB eaches are by nature unstable coastal landforms as they respond to changes in sediment supply, nearshore  \nhydrodynamics and sea level. Across Europe, coastal erosion has been a longstanding, large-scale issue1  \nwith more than40%ofthe beaches in France, Italy and Spain being under erosion2. Similarly, in the USA3 of the 33,000 km of eroding shoreline, some 4,300 km are beaches3. Moreover, beach erosion poses a major threat not only to interconnected ecosystems4, but also to stakeholders, as it is related to beach property values5 and tourism6.  \nBeach evolution depends on processes such as sediment availability7, storms causing changes that persist with time8, complex interactions between nearshore and onshore sedimentary bodies9, sea level rise10,11 and the broader coastal geological setting12. Erosion, on the other hand, is usually the combined result of a wide range of factors, both natural (e.g. winds, storms, nearshore currents) and human-induced (e.g. coastal engineering, river basin regulation) that operate on different time and spatial scales13.  \nThus, quantification of these factors becomes more difficult due to their variability and coupling of the processes that affect coastal areas, and also to the frequency at which coastal changes occur14. The estimation of the vulnerability of coastal areas to erosion has received considerable attention and a vast literature is available in this field; however, most of this is associated with sea level rise, induced by climate change15–18. In the case of beaches, early attempts were based upon simple approaches19–21, focusing on erosion due to sea level rise. More recently, methods estimating vulnerability associated with storms have been developed22–26.  \nTo this direction, we present an index dedicated to the assessment of vulnerability to erosion exclusively of beaches, considering the predominant hydro-and sediment-dynamic processes that contribute to beach evolution. Moreover, the new Beach Vulnerability Index (BVI) refers to beaches, regardless their size, and to the features of the associated coastal environments, incorporating processes operating over long (e.g. a gradual change in sea level) and short (i.e. storm events) time periods. Special effort has been placed upon the index estimation in order to require easily obtainable data and to avoid calculations demand","cbCaihG8x96ILhdQ","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaihG8x96ILhdQ","pdf",1414500,8,"English","# Index Development\n## Vulnerability and beach erosion context\n## Beach Vulnerability Index (BVI) concept and indicators\n## BVI calculation procedure","[{\"question\":\"What is the Beach Vulnerability Index (BVI) intended to do?\",\"answer\":\"BVI provides a vulnerability assessment focused on beach erosion by combining simple calculations with easily obtainable data to identify and rank the relative significance of processes affecting beach evolution.\"},{\"question\":\"Which mechanisms does the BVI use as indicators?\",\"answer\":\"It considers indicators linked to sediment transport and inputs, sea-level change effects, erosion of associated coastal landforms, wave run-up, and aeolian transport.\"},{\"question\":\"Why is the BVI designed to be practical for use?\",\"answer\":\"The index is built to avoid high processing capacity and to rely on data sets and measurements that can be collected more easily, expanding its applicability for managerial decision-making.\"}]","An holistic approach to beach erosion vulnerability assessment | PDF",1791863683]