Floodport : An Interactive Coastal Flood Risk Training App
Date Issued
2025
Abstract
Coastal flooding is driven by multiple interacting hazards such as tides, storm surges, heavy rainfall, and
sea-level rise. Its complex nature makes it challenging for learners to fully grasp. Interactive learning
through technology-enhanced tools offers new opportunities for improving comprehension and
engagement. We present the FloodPort, an interactive educational application designed to simulate
coastal flood scenarios at a port. Students act as coastal risk analysts, adjusting key parameters such as
high tides, storm surge, rainfall runoff, sea-level rise, and the height of engineering structures like the port
dock. These drivers can act independently or in combination. The user can explore build-in climate
change scenarios or develop its own custom scenario, exploring thus complex hazard interactions and
design safer port configurations. Initially developed in Excel and Python, the app has been transformed
into a freely accessible Shiny App format (using R), supporting active learning and scenario-based
exploration in the classroom.
sea-level rise. Its complex nature makes it challenging for learners to fully grasp. Interactive learning
through technology-enhanced tools offers new opportunities for improving comprehension and
engagement. We present the FloodPort, an interactive educational application designed to simulate
coastal flood scenarios at a port. Students act as coastal risk analysts, adjusting key parameters such as
high tides, storm surge, rainfall runoff, sea-level rise, and the height of engineering structures like the port
dock. These drivers can act independently or in combination. The user can explore build-in climate
change scenarios or develop its own custom scenario, exploring thus complex hazard interactions and
design safer port configurations. Initially developed in Excel and Python, the app has been transformed
into a freely accessible Shiny App format (using R), supporting active learning and scenario-based
exploration in the classroom.