As an El Niño winter tears away its shoreline, San Francisco tries to figure out how or whether to protect homes, a $220 million wastewater treatment plant, and a world-famous road.
The question facing at least eight local, state and federal agencies boils down to this: With California officials expecting climate change to raise sea levels here by, »read moreTags: climate change, infrastructure, planning
The Center for Planning Excellence (CPEX) and the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) recently released the Best Practices Manual for Development in Coastal Louisiana website.
What's novel about this site is that it provides strategies for creating sustainable and resilient coastal communities based on "geotypes" (pick from chenier, »read moreTags: adaptation & mitigation, infrastructure, planning, publications
From a FEMA press-release:
We are pleased to announce the release of the first edition of the National Preparedness Goal, which is available for download at http://www.fema.gov/PPD8. The National Preparedness Goal is the first deliverable called for by Presidential Policy Directive (PPD) 8 and was signed by the Secretary of Homeland Security on September, »read more
The hurricane barrier protecting New Bedford will be pulled off-line for routine maintenance from October 24 to November 21 and then again next spring from April 30 to July 2.
SouthCoastToday.com has the details.
Image: City of New, »read moreTags: infrastructure
It's not hard to get overwhelmed when considering your community's current flood and erosion problems. Add in projections for what future climates will bring and it's enough to make you want to just stay at home (at least until the sea comes into your home).
Unfortunately, nobody has found a silver bullet to save coastal development from future sea levels, »read moreTags: adaptation & mitigation, climate change, infrastructure, legal, planning, publications, regulations, sea level rise, weather & climate, zoning
Our southern neighbors at the The University of Rhode Island Climate Change Collaborative and Rhode Island Sea Grant have just released a short new brochure on what climate change could mean for New England communities, and what steps your community can take to prepare for it. In addition to a brief overview of current expectations for future climates, it, »read moreTags: adaptation & mitigation, climate change, infrastructure, publications, sea level rise, weather & climate
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Hard truths from a local official facing sea level rise in his community.
"Fighting a losing battle with the sea" The Boston, »read moreTags: case study, infrastructure, planning, sea level rise, weather & climate
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