Abstract
Big data has the potential to enhance decision-making among individuals and communities. More specifically, combining human and physical big data into models can inform decisions during weather-related hazards and potentially reduce uncertainty resulting from climate change. This chapter provides some insights about the expansion of big data and its potential to enhance adaptation efforts given rapid environmental changes, specifically those occurring in coastal areas.
The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.
—Albert Einstein
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Not 5 V’s in the case of the cited work.
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Keep in mind that this is 2012 study.
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“Each man is locked into a system that compels him to increase his herd without limit—in a world that is limited. Ruin is the destination towards which all men rush, each pursuing his own best interest in a society that believes in freedom of the commons” (Hardin 1968, p. 1244).
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Cosby, A.G., Rico Mendez, G., Khandekar, H. (2019). Data-Intensive Alternatives for Human Adaptation to Coastal Change. In: Wright, L., Nichols, C. (eds) Tomorrow's Coasts: Complex and Impermanent. Coastal Research Library, vol 27. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75453-6_20
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