Table 2.

Sequence of testing of the ERI method

PhasePurposeNumber of sites usedSource of informationTest carried out by
1Selection of variables. Determination of calculation method. Assessment of whether method correctly identifies sites particularly susceptible to bank erosion13Assets selected from online asset database that SW considered to be particularly susceptible to bank erosionUoG (1 geomorphologist)
2User bias31Online asset databaseUoG (1 geomorphologist) and SW (3 assessors)
3Consistency of methodology I23Online asset database for all sites in Outer Hebrides; field inspectionUoG (field-based geomorphologist) and SW (database)
4Consistency of methodology II118Random selection from online asset databaseUoG (1 geomorphologist) and SW (1 assessor)

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