VIMS-CCRM Coastal Management Decision Tools
Center for Coastal Resources Management (CCRM)
The Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) Center for Coastal Resources Management (CCRM) Coastal Management Decision Tools are developed to support coastal resource decision making by regulatory agencies, property owners and managers and others. The tools include a flow chart that includes shorline characteristics and leads users to environmentally-preferable management decision.
- Developer
- VIMS
- Model Information
- For more information about this model, go to Decision Tree Tool (vims.edu)
- Spatial Resolution
- The spatial resolution is site specific.
- Temporal Resolution
- Not application for this model.
- Outputs
- Use of the model provides the user with a better understanding of coastal improvements needed.
- Intended User
- practitioner, decision maker
- Model Type
- coastal
- Inclusion of Climate Change
- Climate conditions are explicitly incorporated.
- Geographic Region
- coast
- Data Requirements
- data provided by the user
- Source Code Availability
- not applicable
- Dimensions
- not applicable
- Computational Burden
- low
- Scenario Modeling
- not applicable
- Coding Language
- not applicable
- Operating System
- not applicable
- Mathematical Approach
- deterministic
- Maintenance Plan
- maintained
- Date of Last Known Update
- not available
- User Manual
- go to documentation at ccrm.vims.edu
For more information and definitions of terms, see the codebook. Do you have feedback about this tool?