Resources

Here are some useful resources related to the Florida Keys and South Florida to help communities become more resilient to sea level rise and coastal storms.

Florida Keys

• Initial Estimates of the Ecological and Economic Consequences of Sea Level Rise on the Florida Keys through the Year 2100, The Nature Conservancy (2009)

• Assessment of sea level rise impacts on human population and real property in the Florida Keys, Keqi Zhang, John Dittmar, Michael Ross, Chris Bergh (2011)

• Sea Level Rise Adaptation in the Florida Keys: Conserving Terrestrial and Intertidal Natural Areas and Native Species,  Materials from 2011 Workshop

• Sea Level Rise Adaptation in the Florida Keys: Conserving Terrestrial and Intertidal Natural Areas and Native Species, 2011 Workshop Synthesis, Chris Bergh, Anne Morkill (2012)

• Adaptation behavior in the face of global climate change: Survey responses from experts and decision makers serving the Florida Keys, Pallab Mozumder, Evan Flugman, Timothy Randhir (2011)

• Climate Change and the Florida Keys, Hans Hoegh‐Guldberg (2010)

• Monroe County, Florida Comprehensive Plan: Energy Conservation and Climate Element,  The unique issues and challenges facing Monroe County relating to energy conservation and climate impacts (2011)

• Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment: Disturbance and the rising tide: the challenge of biodiversity management on low-island ecosystems, Michael S Ross, Joseph J O’Brien, R Glenn Ford, Keqi Zhang, Anne Morkill (2009)

• Photos of Present Day High Tides in the Florida Keys

• Hurricane Wilma in the Florida Keys, Kennard “Chip” Kasper (2007)

Southeast Florida

• Florida Reef Resilience Program (FRRP) - a public and private partnership

• Development of a methodology for the assessment of sea level rise impacts on Florida’s transportation modes and infrastructure, Dr. Leonard Berry (2012)

• Southeast Florida’s Resilient Water Resources: Adaptation to Sea Level Rise and Other Impacts of Climate Change, Center for Urban and Environmental Solutions at Florida Atlantic University (2009)

• Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact,  A joint commitment of Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe and Palm Beach counties to partner in mitigating the causes and adapting to the consequences of climate change

  • Southeast Florida Regional Climate Action Plan (2012)

  • A Unified Sea Level Rise Projection for Southeast Florida (2011)

  • Analysis of the Vulnerability of Southeast Florida to Sea Level Rise (2012)

• The role of mangroves in attenuating storm surges, Keqi Zhang, Huiqing Liu, Yuepeng Li Hongzhou Xu, Jian Shen, Jamie Rhome, Thomas J. Smith III (2012)

General

• Reduction of Wind and Swell Waves by Mangroves, Anna McIvor, Iris Möller, Tom Spencer and Mark Spalding (2012)