Future Federal Adaptation Efforts Could Better Support Local Infrastructure...
AbstractThe federal government invests billions of dollars annually in infrastructure, such as roads and bridges, facing increasing risks from climate change. Adaptation—defined as adjustments to...
View ArticleManaged Coastal Retreat: A Legal Handbook on Shifting Development Away from...
AbstractClimate change will change the way we live. No longer will the environment be a static condition, a certainty upon which other variables depend. Rather, it will be a variable itself, and it...
View ArticleClimate Change: Energy Infrastructure Risks and Adaptation Efforts
AbstractAccording to the NRC and the USGCRP, changes in the earth's climate--including higher temperatures, changes in precipitation, rising sea levels, and increases in the severity and frequency of...
View ArticleClimate Change Impacts in the United States: The Third National Climate...
AbstractThe National Climate Assessment assesses the science of climate change and its impacts across the United States, now and throughout this century. It documents climate change related impacts and...
View ArticleLand Use Planning Tools for Local Adaptation to Climate Change
AbstractThis document describes planning tools being used across Canada to help communities prepare for climate change, increase adaptive capacity and build resilience. It is directed to individuals...
View ArticleReducing Climate Risks with Natural Infrastructure
AbstractAs California considers how to adapt to a changing climate, planners often focus on defensive infrastructure with a negative habitat impact: bigger levees, rock walls to protect coastlines or...
View ArticleThe Potential of Sea-level Rise on Florida's Coastal Ecosystems
AbstractSea-level rise may have significant effects on Florida’s coastal ecosystems. These ecosystems are the foundation upon which much of Florida’s natural beauty and economy are based. Understanding...
View ArticleTown of Guilford Community Coastal Resilience Plan
AbstractCoastal resilience is the ability to resist, absorb, recover from, and adapt to coastal hazards such as daily inundation caused by sea level rise, increased flooding, and more frequent and...
View ArticleAdapting to Climate Change in California
AbstractMany aspects of the Californian approach to controlling the greenhouse gases that cause climate change now have a sufficient track record to provide potential models or lessons for national and...
View ArticleNapa River Watershed Flood Protection and Enhancement Project
Project ImplementationAs part of the Living River Strategy for the NRFPP, ESA PWA has provided technical assistance and development including the design of a multi-stage channel and a raised-bed...
View ArticleEroding Shoreline Threatens Historic Peale Island Cabin, Yellowstone National...
Project ImplementationThe park asked the NPS GRD to develop information about shoreline change on Peale Island and to clarify the options for the Peale Island Cabin and shoreline. The resulting natural...
View ArticleRelocating the Lighthouse, Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina
Project ImplementationFollowing so many unsuccessful attempts to protect the lighthouse with hard structures, the “Move the Lighthouse Committee” was formed in 1986 and became strong proponents of...
View ArticleRelocating Visitor Facilities Threatened by Erosion, Assateague Island...
Project ImplementationThe park has implemented several solutions to improve sustainability. Infrastructure in this area has been replaced with portable substitutes that can be relocated off-island in...
View ArticleEstablishing Alternative Transportation to Fort Pickens to Supplement...
Project ImplementationThe park’s new general management plan, finalized in July 2014, establishes that Fort Pickens Road will be rebuilt only if feasible, as determined on a case-by-case basis. In late...
View ArticleThe Need for Storm Recovery Plans, Cape Lookout National Seashore, North...
Project ImplementationThe current park planning documents provide no guidance on how post-storm recovery should be handled beyond an Incident Response and Recovery Framework. The National Park Service...
View ArticleDeveloping a Multiagency Vision for an Urban Coastline, Golden Gate National...
Project ImplementationThe resulting Ocean Beach Master Plan provides a management framework that incorporates recommendations for coastal adaptation including managed retreat, infrastructure...
View ArticleIncorporating Climate Change Response into a General Management Plan,...
Project ImplementationThe park has improved its understanding of climate change and park impacts through several efforts. By participating in the National Park Service Climate Change Scenario Planning...
View ArticleCoastal Adaptation Strategies: Case Studies
AbstractInnovative and unique solutions are being devised throughout the national park system to adapt to climate change in coastal parks. The 24 case studies in this document describe efforts at...
View ArticleThe State of Climate Adaptation in U.S. Marine Fisheries Management
AbstractThis report presents the results of EcoAdapt’s efforts to survey adaptation action in marine fisheries management by examining the major climate impacts on marine and coastal fisheries in the...
View ArticleEroding Shoreline Threatens Historic Peale Island Cabin, Yellowstone National...
Project Implementation: The park asked the NPS GRD to develop information about shoreline change on Peale Island and to clarify the options for the Peale Island Cabin and shoreline. The resulting...
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