From 17th to 19th June 2021 in Opatija, the Croatian Chamber of Civil Engineers organised the 15th Days of the Croatian Chamber of Civil Engineers event.
As part of the theme of the professional seminar: The climate change and natural disasters project was presented by the Institute for Physical Planning of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County Public Institution in a lecture called The vulnerability of the coastal area of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County due to climate change.
During 2020, the Institute, in collaboration with the Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Rijeka, realised the first phase of The analysis of the vulnerability of the coastal area of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County due to rising sea levels project.
The aim of the project is the scientific analysis of the vulnerability of coastal settlements in the County with regard to the expected consequence of climate change – rising sea levels, by determining the degree of the threat to the entire coastline of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County.
The project was conceived as the first part of a multi-year study divided into two phases, and by using it, a methodology has been developed for assessing the vulnerability of PGC for existing as well as predicted sea levels.
An analysis of the whole coastal area of PGC was conducted, and the most endangered areas were detected, which need to be processed in more detailed documents. The analysis showed that 24% of the coastline is already endangered by coastal flooding, and with a real increase in sea level of 60 cm, this percentage would increase significantly to approximately 30%.
Taking part in the presentation of the project were Docent Igor Ružić PhD and Andrea Tadić (Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Rijeka) and Vedrana Petrović and Gorana Ljubičić (Institute for Physical Planning of PGC).