Storm surge, produced by increasingly frequent severe storms, threatens the daily operations of downtown Nantucket. This project identifies and analyzes ways the Town might protect Nantucket’s downtown critical infrastructure from storm surge and offers recommendations for mitigating future adverse impacts. In collaboration with Dave Fronzuto and the Nantucket Emergency Management Agency, we assessed the risks caused by storm surge for each piece of infrastructure within the downtown area and developed a prioritized list of infrastructure to be modified. We compiled a database of relevant information for each infrastructure element in our study area, along with a GIS layer to facilitate data retrieval.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Cotter, Cecelia Li
• Regan, Sean Joseph
• Lepine, Matthew David
• Bach, Brian Joseph

Subject

• Infrastructure
• Security
• Environment
• Sustainability

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-121715-111618

Keyword

• Community development
• Emergency management
• City planning

Advisor

• Golding, Dominic
• Ludwig, Reinhold

Year

• 2015

Center

• Nantucket, Massachusetts Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Nantucket Emergency Management Agency

Date created

• 2015-12-17

Location

• Nantucket

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright