Coastal Policies: Making Difficult Choices
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• LOCAL GOVERNMENT • Planning Departments • Zoning Board • Climate change panels
• STAKEHOLDERS • Tourist • Coastal land owners • Citizens
Lower 9th Ward
• Storm surge ~ 5 meters
• Defenses ~ 4.5 meters
ICE MELT + HEAT = SEA LEVEL RISE
MORE WATER, MORE MASS
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THERMAL EXPANSION, MORE VOLUME
1920 - 1990 1992 - 2003
0.5 mm/yr
1.8 mm/yr 1.3
mm/yr
1.5 mm/yr
1.7 mm/yr
3.2 mm/yr
CURRENT RATE NEARLY TWICE THE 20TH CENTURY RATE LARGELY DUE TO VOLUME CHANGES
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers –Beach Nourishment Projects in Florida
Governance of the Coast Coastal Hazards Management Course by coastalhazards.unc.edu
• “CCCL provides protection for Florida’s beaches and dunes while assuring reasonable use of real property”
• Protects beaches and dunes by limiting development • Creates a buffer zone based on projected 30-year
erosion • Buildings inside buffer require special permits with
heightened building codes • Works in conjunction with other statutes to limit
coastal armoring