The response of economic agents and societies to major environment changes (e.g., gloabal warming) and/or political and economic shocks (e.g., famine or war). (Zilberman et al. 2012) [Zilberman, D., Zhao, J., & Heiman, A. (2012). Adoption versus adaptation, with emphasis on climate change. Annu. Rev. Resour. Econ., 4(1), 27-53.]

The ADvanced CIRCulation (ADCIRC) model is a high-performance, cross-platform numerical ocean circulation model popular in simulating storm surge, flooding, tides, coastal circulation problems, dredging feasibility, and material deposit studies. The model formulation is based on the shallow water equation, solving continuity and momentum equations. It utilizes the finite element method based on triangular unstructured grids and the finite diffence method to model variation with respect to time. ADCIRC is frequently coupled to wind wave models such as STWAVE, SWAN, or WAVEWATCH III.

Economics Methods used in either the adoption or adaptation to an economic or societal change. Adoption: "Change in practice or technology used by economic agents or a community, has a long intellectual history." Adaptation: "The response of economic agents and socieities to major environment changes and/or politcal and economic shocks." (Zilerman et al. 2012; 28) [Zilerman, D., Zhao, J. & Heiman, A. (2012) Adoption Versus Adaptation, With Emphasis on Climate Change. Annual Review of Resource Economics 4 27-53] Environmental-Policy An approach or plan to cope with an environmental or societal change, i.e. global climate change. (Biesbroek 2010) [Biesbroek, G.R., Swart, R.J., Carter, T.R., Cowan, C., Henrichs, T., Mela, H., Morecroft, M.D. & Rey, D. (2010) Europe adapts to climate change: comparing national adaptation strategies. Global Environmental Change 20 440-450] DOI Links DOI Link 1 DOI Link 2