Coastal hazards are pervasive across the Great Lakes coastline due to highly variable water levels, community utilization of the landscape, and landscape composition. These coastlines are dotted with communities that depend on the lake for socioeconomic stability. Recently, many communities have been tasked with the development of new coastal management policies to combat the record water levels and its impacts to socioenvironmental conditions. Many of those tasked with the development of such policies don't, necessarily, have backgrounds in coastal processes. This lack of background knowledge may impact coastal management strategies. Through a workshop activity, in 6 communities, local decision makers were asked to interpret imagery depicting varying coastal hazards. Additionally, participants were asked to rank the hazard based on the impacts seen in the community. Using text mining and statistical analysis, patterns in their interpretation were chronicled. Overall, we found vastly different terminology, understanding, and hazard recognition across the communities.

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什么是沿海灾害？五大湖社区决策者对严重沿海灾害的看法

由于水位、社区对景观的利用和景观构成的高度变化，沿海灾害在五大湖海岸线上普遍存在。这些海岸线上散布着依赖湖泊维持社会经济稳定的社区。最近，许多社区的任务是制定新的沿海管理政策，以应对创纪录的水位及其对社会环境条件的影响。许多负责制定此类政策的人不一定有沿海进程的背景。背景知识的缺乏可能会影响沿海管理策略。通过在 6 个社区举行的研讨会活动，当地决策者被要求解读描绘不同沿海灾害的图像。此外，参与者还被要求根据社区中看到的影响对危险进行排名。使用文本挖掘和统计分析，记录了它们的解释模式。总体而言，我们发现各个社区的术语、理解和危险识别存在巨大差异。