by Coastal Resilience | Jun 28, 2017 | Georgia, News, Southeast Atlantic, Story
The recently released St. Marys Flood Resiliency Project is the result of a collaborative effort to assess the coastal community’s hazards and flood vulnerability through community outreach and engagement and report on progress with their community rating system Read more…
by Coastal Resilience | Oct 25, 2016 | Southeast Atlantic, Southeast Florida
Florida is considered one of the most vulnerable and at-risk states to sea level rise, tropical storms, and variations in precipitation levels. In fact, just weeks before Hurricane Matthew made landfall as a Category 1 Hurricane, Miami-Dade County released a...
by Coastal Resilience | Oct 9, 2016 | North Carolina, Southeast Atlantic
Reducing Property Loss and Flood Insurance Premiums Through Open Space Preservation Contributed by Debbie Crane, Director of Communications for The Nature Conservancy, North Carolina When the Conservancy’s Kate Murray visited Dare County Planner Donna Creef, she came...
by Coastal Resilience | Oct 7, 2016 | Southeast Atlantic, Southeast Florida
DOWNLOAD FULL REPORT With poorly planned coastal development comes an increase in risk due to coastal hazards and climate change. In the U.S. alone, more than half of the nation’s population lives on the coast. Since 1960, population in coastal areas has increased by...
by Coastal Resilience | Oct 7, 2016 | Southeast Atlantic, Southeast Florida
People often talk about King Tides and climate change, but I think it’s important to point out that these tides are cyclical and predictable, and they happen all around the world. Australia, South America, everywhere, and have happened as long as there have been...
by Coastal Resilience | Oct 7, 2016 | Southeast Atlantic, Southeast Florida
Southeast Florida and the Florida Keys are among the most vulnerable regions in the world when it comes to coastal storms and sea level rise. Fortunately, the region is endowed with natural coastal defenses such as coral reefs, beaches, dunes and mangrove wetlands...
