Coastal Vulnerability App documentation

The hazards that threaten the coastal regions of Ghana and their residents are varied. This app curates several aspects of vulnerability to coastal hazards and lets users explore them in an interactive map of Ghana’s coastal districts. We use population density, coastline length, averaged erosion, coastal morphology, existing flood protection structures, current and historical mangrove cover, and average elevation as indicators for relative vulnerability and summarize them in the Coastal Vulnerability Index (CVI). Additionally, the app offers users the option to generate reports summarizing information on single districts or the whole of Ghana’s coast.