The adaptive capacity is defined as the number of potential irrigation day per year. A potential irrigation day is considered to be a day when the actual stream flow is above the environmental water requirement. The latter was estimated by calculating 80% of the 10-year average stream flow for each respective day (Hoekstra et al., 2011). Red indicates a decreasing number of potential irrigation days per year (decreasing adaptive capacity) and green indicates an increasing number of potential irrigation days per year (increasing adaptive capacity).

Shared on 02 oct 2014

Maximum beach retreat (in percentage of the maximum beach width) predicted by the model ensemble for the Black Sea beaches under a 0.5 m SLR (coastal retreat estimated to 21.4 m.).

Shared on 15 sep 2016

A complete database of Black Sea beaches have been digitalized in Google Earth Pro Application. The dataset are in shapefile format and contain an attribute table with a brief description of the surrounding environment (geometry of the beach, information on images used, presence or absence of wave and/or river, and an appreciation of the sediment size) and percentages of beach's surface loss estimated by the lowest and the highest retreat prediction for three level rise scenarios (0.5 m, 0.82 m and 1 m). Beach erosion vulnerability has been assessed by combining Black Sea beaches geodatabase with coastal retreat prediction induced by sea level rise scenarios. Coastal retreat was estimated using an ensemble of 6 analytical (Edelman, 1972; Brunn, 1988; Dean, 1991) and numerical (Larson and Kraus, 1989; Leont’yev, 1996; Roelvink (Xbeach), 2010) models for a vast range of environmental condition, to better reflect the entire Black Sea basin. The map shows the maximum beach’s surface loss in percentage induced by a sea level rise of 0.5 m (max. retreat prediction of 21.4 m). Reference: Allenbach K., Garonna I., Herold C., Monioudi I., Giuliani G., Lehmann A., Velegrakis A. (2015) Black Sea beaches vulnerability to sea level rise. Environmental Science and Policy 46:95-109 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1462901114001373 ATTRIBUTES: NAME: Code name of the beach 3 first letters are the country followed by a clock-wise numbering ORIENT:Calculated orientation of the beach in degree LENGTH:Calculated length of the beach in meters MAX:Calculated maximum width of the beach in meters MEAN:Calculated mean width of the beach in meters AREA:Calculated area in square meters B_NAME:Name of the beach when available P_CODE:Code for protection description 1: Groynes, breakwaters, headlands 2: Natural coves 3: Natural beach without protection 4: Training wall 5: Seawall and revetments FRONT: Simplified code for coast description 1 presence of vegetation 2 presence of urban 3 presence of dunes 4 presence of cliff 5 presence of agriculture 6 presence of marshlands 7 presence of water ex: 123 presence of vegetation-urban-dune RIVER: presence 1 or absence of river 0 G_CODE: Sediment size appreciation (Google photographies) 0 not available 1 Fine (only sand) 2 Medium (sand-pebble-shells) 3 Coarse (only pebble) C2: Front beach description (coast) categories 11 Vegetation and sand mixture 12 Grass vegetation 13 Shrub vegetation 14 Tree vegetation 21 Buildings 22 Road 23 Wall 24 Seawall and revetments 31 Dune 32 Dune with vegetation 41 Vegetation on steep slope 42 Little vegetated escarpment 43 Steep rocky slope 51 Agriculture 61 Marshes 71 Lake, Lagoon 72 River WAVE: Presence 1 or absence of waves in the image DATE: Date of the satellite image used SLR1min: minimum % of the beach surface loss by a coastal retreat of 4.1 meters induce by a SLR of 0.5 m SLR1max: maximum % of the beach surface loss by a coastal retreat of 21.4 meters induce by a SLR of 0.5 m SLR2min: minimum % of the beach surface loss by a coastal retreat of 6.9 meters induce by a SLR of 0.82 m SLR2max: maximum % of the beach surface loss by a coastal retreat of 31.6 meters induce by a SLR of 0.82 m SLR3min: minimum % of the beach surface loss by a coastal retreat of 8.5 meters induce by a SLR of 1 m SLR3max: maximum % of the beach surface loss by a coastal retreat of 37.3 meters induce by a SLR of 1 m

Shared on 30 apr 2014

Catchment of the Black Sea: vector polygons areas based on the CCM River and Catchment Database, version 2.1 (CCM2) European Commision, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Environment and Sustainability

Shared on 29 jan 2013

Data represents the density of cattle in heads per square kilometer in the Black Sea catchment according to FAO’s Gridded Livestock of the World for the year 2010.

Shared on 14 nov 2014