Regional Climate Adaptation Planning in Northern Virginia
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AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION 8 th MID-ATLANTIC REGIONAL PLANNING ROUNDTABLE MARCH 30, 2012 LAURA GRAPE SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER Regional Climate Adaptation Planning in Northern Virginia
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Regional Climate Adaptation Planning in Northern Virginia. AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION 8 th MID-ATLANTIC REGIONAL PLANNING ROUNDTABLE MARCH 30, 2012 LAURA GRAPE SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER. A Snapshot of Two Projects. Sustainable Shorelines & Community Management. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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A M E R I C A N P L A N N I N G A S S O C I AT I O N 8 t h M I D - AT L A N T I C R E G I O N A L P L A N N I N G R O U N D TA B L E
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Regional Climate Adaptation Planningin Northern Virginia
Sustainable Shorelines & Community Management
Conservation Corridor Planning in Northern Virginia
Collecting DataAssessing Vulnerability
Sea Level Rise Storm Surge
Developing Strategies Protect Accommodate Retreat
Adapting to Change
Identifying Natural AssetsQuantifying Benefits
Water & Air Quality Carbon Sequestration
Highlighting Relationships Basic Needs/Public Health Cultural/Recreational
Connecting the Region
A Snapshot of Two Projects
Relative Sea Level Rise Rates
Steady StateObserved historic trend at Washington, D.C. gage.
(NOAA Tides and Currents, Station 8594900)
3.2 mm/year(1 foot by 2100)
Average Accelerated
Average projected sea level rise rate for the Chesapeake Bay region.
(IPCC, 2007; STAC, 2008; and GCCC, 2008)
11.6 mm/year(1.9 feet by 2050;3.8 feet by 2100)
Worst Case
Highest projected rate for the mid-Atlantic and Chesapeake Bay regions.
(STAC, 2008; and GCCC, 2008)
16 mm/year(2.6 feet by 2050;5.2 feet by 2100)
Historic Storm Surge
Source: Coastal Sensitivity to Sea-Level Rise: A Focus on the Mid-Atlantic Region.
US Climate Change Science Program, January 2009.
Belle Haven/New Alexandria During Isabel
Photo courtesy of Fairfax County Police Department
Sea Level Rise Storm Surge
Areas at Risk in Northern Virginia
City of Alexandria’s Energy and Climate Change Action Plan 2012 - 2020http://alexandriava.gov/uploadedFiles/tes/oeq/info/EnergyandClimateActionPlan_April-20-2011-EPC.pdf
Environmental Assets in the Region
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206.2 acres of Tier 1 Habitat
DoI = 300 acres
4 Elements of Occurrence
Loudoun
County
Fairfax
County
% Tree Canopy 83.8 percent(988.6 acres)
Lbs of Air Pollutants removed 99,578($266,616)
Tons of Carbon StoredTons of Carbon Sequestered
42,539331
Cu. Ft of Stormwater Retained (estimated)
6,292,791($37,756,749)
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Relationship between drinking water
resources and natural resources.
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POTOMAC RIVER CORRIDOR
POTOMAC GORGE – QUANTICO CORRIDOR
BULL RUN – OCCOQUAN CORRIDOR
BULL RUN MTN – CATOCTIN MTN CORRIDORBLUE RIDGE – SHORT HILL CORRIDOR
Regional Connections
Laura GrapeSenior Environmental Planner
Northern Virginia Regional [email protected]
703.642.0700
Thank you!
