Coastal flooding - Cities and FUAs — Built-up area exposure to in Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara: Coastal flooding - Cities and FUAs — Built-up area exposure to was 0.0897 Percentage of built-up area in 2022. ▲ Rising
Coastal flooding - Cities and FUAs — Built-up area exposure to in Santa Barbara, 2000–2022
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of built-up area.
Analysis
Santa Barbara recorded 0.0897 Percentage of built-up area for coastal flooding - cities and fuas — built-up area exposure to in 2022.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 8.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coastal flooding - cities and fuas — built-up area exposure to in Santa Barbara peaked at 0.1012 Percentage of built-up area in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.0758 Percentage of built-up area, in 2000.
Santa Barbara ranks 179th of 1315 regions on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Coastal flooding - Cities and FUAs — Built-up area exposure to in Santa Barbara, year by year
| Year | Percentage of built-up area | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.0758 Percentage of built-up area | — |
| 2001 | 0.0815 Percentage of built-up area | +7.5% |
| 2002 | 0.08 Percentage of built-up area | -1.8% |
| 2003 | 0.0797 Percentage of built-up area | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 0.0792 Percentage of built-up area | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.0777 Percentage of built-up area | -2.0% |
| 2006 | 0.076 Percentage of built-up area | -2.1% |
| 2007 | 0.0813 Percentage of built-up area | +6.9% |
| 2008 | 0.0863 Percentage of built-up area | +6.2% |
| 2009 | 0.0906 Percentage of built-up area | +4.9% |
| 2010 | 0.1012 Percentage of built-up area | +11.7% |
| 2011 | 0.0996 Percentage of built-up area | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 0.0981 Percentage of built-up area | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 0.0948 Percentage of built-up area | -3.4% |
| 2014 | 0.0967 Percentage of built-up area | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 0.0952 Percentage of built-up area | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 0.0949 Percentage of built-up area | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.0938 Percentage of built-up area | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 0.0933 Percentage of built-up area | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 0.0925 Percentage of built-up area | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 0.0925 Percentage of built-up area | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0899 Percentage of built-up area | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 0.0897 Percentage of built-up area | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0808 Percentage of built-up area | 0.0758 Percentage of built-up area | 0.0906 Percentage of built-up area | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.096 Percentage of built-up area | 0.0925 Percentage of built-up area | 0.1012 Percentage of built-up area | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0907 Percentage of built-up area | 0.0897 Percentage of built-up area | 0.0925 Percentage of built-up area | 3 |
More reference data data for Santa Barbara
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- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in cooling -143.82 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs 686.53 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in heating -227.35 Degree days (2025)
- Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Extreme precipitation days 5.49 Days per year (2024)
- Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Change in extreme precipitation -0.2722 Days per year (2024)
- Dependency ratio - Cities and FUAs 27 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years (2024)
- Wind threats - Cities and FUAs — Exposure to wind threats 0 Percentage of area (2023)
- Main mode of transport to work - Cities and FUAs — Employed persons 177,398 Persons (2023)
- Internet speed - Cities and FUAs — Downloading speed -4.8 Percentage of national value (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is coastal flooding - cities and fuas — built-up area exposure to in Santa Barbara?
- Coastal flooding - cities and fuas — built-up area exposure to in Santa Barbara was 0.0897 Percentage of built-up area in 2022, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest coastal flooding - cities and fuas — built-up area exposure to recorded in Santa Barbara?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1012 Percentage of built-up area in 2010.
- What is the lowest coastal flooding - cities and fuas — built-up area exposure to recorded in Santa Barbara?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0758 Percentage of built-up area in 2000.
- How does Santa Barbara rank for coastal flooding - cities and fuas — built-up area exposure to?
- Santa Barbara ranks 179th out of 1315 regions with data for 2022.
- Is coastal flooding - cities and fuas — built-up area exposure to rising or falling in Santa Barbara?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Santa Barbara data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Coastal flooding - Cities and FUAs — Built-up area exposure to coastal flooding. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset provides indicators of population and built-up exposure to coastal floods. Data sources and methodology Coastal flooding indicators are estimated using the Global coastal flood hazard maps (Muis, S. et al., 2016). This dataset provides the extent of coastal floods for different return periods (10 to 100 years) with a 1-kilometre resolution. A return period corresponds to the estimated time interval between floods of similar intensity. Built-up area exposure to coastal floods is computed by intersecting this map with Copernius annual land cover data (Copernicus Climate Change Service, Climate Data Store, 2019) and population exposure is computed using the Global Human Settlement Population layer (European Commission, GHSL Data Package 2023). Harmonised international hazard models are used to ensure global comparability, consistent modelling assumptions across countries, and complete subnational coverage. These estimates may differ from official subnational flood risk statistics due to differences in methodological approaches - such as the use of global, modelled top down hazard maps versus national hydrological models or administrative flood zone delineations - as well as variations in input data sources, spatial resolution, and hydraulic modelling techniques. Defining FUAs and cities The OECD, in cooperation with the EU, has developed a harmonised definition of functional urban areas (FUAs) to capture the economic and functional reach of cities based on daily commuting patterns (OECD, 2012). FUAs consist of: A city – defined by urban centres in the degree of urbanisation, adapted to the closest local administrative units to define a city. A commuting zone – including all local areas where at least 15% of employed residents work in the city. The delineation process includes: Assigning municipalities surrounded by a single FUA to that FUA. Excluding non-contiguous municipalities. The correspondence table between SAUs and FUAs/cities is available in parquet and csv format. The definition identifies 1 272 FUAs and 1 269 cities in all OECD member countries except Costa Rica and three accession countries. Cite this dataset OECD Regions, cities and local areas database (Coastal flooding - Cities and FUAs), http://oe.cd/geostats Further information OECD Local Data Portal OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance For questions and/or comments, please email CitiesStat@oecd.org