ASSESSMENT OF STAKEHOLDER PERCEPTIONS OF OCEAN HAZARD RISK FOR COASTAL INFRASTRUCTURE/ROADWAYS, MAUI COUNTY, HAWAI‘I

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Coastal roads in Maui County are at-risk of sea level rise and coastal hazards. These roads are often the only way people travel, so the inundation and deterioration of coastal roads increases communities’ vulnerability and negatively impacts the everyday life of residents. Recognizing the urgency of this issue, Maui County and HDOT asked the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Coastal Hydraulics Engineering Resilience lab at University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa to help adapt coastal county roads for future coastal hazard scenarios.

To inform this project’s engineering design, a stakeholder assessment was conducted to ensure the most sustainable and culturally-sensitive development option is recommended. The assessment also helps Maui and the State of Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) identify stakeholder needs. In addition to semi-structured interviews, a questionnaire ranking all possible coastal adaptation options was given. This project is focused on the islands of Maui and Molokai. Lāna‘i is not included, as the island does not have any coastal county roads.

During the summer of 2021, a total of 112 subjects were interviewed and 102 stakeholders responded to the survey. This dataset contains the results from the study, along with information on stakeholder and respondent characteristics and represented areas. Results of the stakeholder assessment contain 1) stakeholder preferences of coastal road adaptation options, 2) areas and roads of stakeholder concern, 3) stakeholder desires surrounding coastal issues, 4) tools and information needed for stakeholders to prepare for coastal disasters and road disruptions, 5) identified barriers and limitations to adaptation, 6) information on current and upcoming stakeholder and government actions to increase resilience, and 7) information on government-resident experiences.

Disclaimer: The results from the oral interviews were obtained through a series of extensive open-ended questions; meaning the answers depended on how the respondent chose to answer the question based on their priorities rather than being given a predetermined set of statements to agree or disagree with. Therefore, the actual number of respondents that agree with a statement may be higher if they were to be prompted with those statements than those that voluntarily indicated the response. Additionally, interview questions were customized based on stakeholder types, available time, and length of responses, meaning not all 112 subjects were asked the same questions. More information on the interview methodology can be found in the written thesis below.

If you'd like to read the thesis associated with this dataset or learn more about the methods, here is the link: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/362196742_Assessment_of_Stakeholder_Perceptions_of_Ocean_Hazard_Risk_for_Coastal_InfrastructureRoadways_Maui_County_Hawai'i

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茂宜县(Maui County)的沿海道路面临海平面上升与海岸灾害的威胁。此类道路往往是居民出行的唯一通道，因此沿海道路的淹没与损毁会加剧社区的脆弱性，并对居民的日常生活造成负面影响。鉴于该问题的紧迫性，茂宜县与夏威夷交通部(Hawaii Department of Transportation, HDOT)委托夏威夷大学马诺阿分校(University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa)土木与环境工程学院海岸水力学工程韧性实验室，协助针对未来海岸灾害场景对县域沿海道路进行适应性改造。

为支撑本项目的工程设计，研究团队开展了利益相关者(stakeholder)评估，以确保推荐最具可持续性且兼顾文化敏感性的开发方案。此次评估同时助力茂宜县与夏威夷交通部明确利益相关者的需求。除半结构化访谈外，研究团队还发放了针对所有潜在海岸适应性改造方案的排序调查问卷。本项目聚焦茂宜岛与莫洛凯岛(Molokai)，未包含拉奈岛(Lāna‘i)，因该岛无县域沿海道路。

2021年夏季，研究团队共完成112名受访者的访谈，另有102名利益相关者参与了问卷调查。本数据集包含本次研究的结果，以及利益相关者与受访者的特征、受访覆盖区域的相关信息。利益相关者评估结果涵盖以下7项内容：1) 利益相关者对沿海道路适应性改造方案的偏好；2) 利益相关者关注的区域与道路；3) 利益相关者对海岸相关问题的诉求；4) 利益相关者应对海岸灾害与道路中断所需的工具与信息；5) 适应性改造过程中面临的障碍与限制因素；6) 当前及未来提升韧性的利益相关者与政府行动相关信息；7) 政府与居民互动经验相关信息。

免责声明：本次口头访谈的结果基于一系列开放式访谈问题收集所得，即受访者的回答取决于其基于自身优先级对问题的作答选择，而非被要求同意或反对预设的固定表述。因此，若向受访者出示相关预设表述，认同该表述的实际受访者数量可能高于自愿给出相关回答的人数。此外，访谈问题会根据利益相关者的类型、可支配时间与回答时长进行定制，并非112名受访者均被问及完全相同的问题。有关访谈方法的更多细节可参阅下文的学位论文。

若您希望阅读本数据集配套的学位论文或了解更多研究方法相关信息，可访问以下链接：https://www.researchgate.net/publication/362196742_Assessment_of_Stakeholder_Perceptions_of_Ocean_Hazard_Risk_for_Coastal_InfrastructureRoadways_Maui_County_Hawai'i