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StormSmart Coasts
Daniella HirschfeldNOAA CSC Coastal Management Fellow
Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
Helping coastal communities cope with floods, storms, sea level rise, and climate change
Implementation – Pilot Projects and Transferable Knowledge
12 March 2009
StormSmart Coasts
Daniella Hirschfeld(617) 626-1096
NOAA CSC Coastal Management FellowMassachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
This presentation summarizes the contents of the StormSmart Coasts website (www.mass.gov/czm/stormsmart/index.htm) and
highlights the current implementation projects. For further information please refer to the website or contact the project
manager Daniella Hirschfeld.
Overview
• StormSmart Coasts – The Basics
• Implementation – The Five Projects
• Transferability – Networks & Workshops
• The Future – StormSmart Coasts
Massachusetts is currently facing serious problems along its coastline.By addressing these concerns we will be able to make our coastal
communities more resilient and thus more prepared for sea level rise.
Cost of repeat of 1938
Hurricane today?
1938
StormSmart Coasts
sea level rise/climate change
floodingstorms
Goal: Help Communities To Better Manage And Cope With:
erosion
Our website provides a single site for local officials working in coastal communities to find current and relevant resources.
Local NGOsLocal NGOs
But putting solutions on-
line isn’t enough if
nobody finds them
CZMCZM
FEMAFEMANational NGOs
National NGOs
NOAANOAA
StormSmart Coasts gathers the information locals need . . .
Everybody has a website. . .
CZMCZM
NOAANOAA
Local NGOsLocal NGOs
FEMAFEMA
National NGOs
National NGOs
. . . and provides links so users can tap into outside resources
We help everybody find resources
No Adverse Impacts(NAI)
Hazard Identification
Planning
Regulations and
Development
Standards
Infrastructure
Education and Outreach
Emergency Services
Mitigation and
Shore Protection
Options
Implementation – The Five Projects
StormSmart Coasts
Boston
Hull
Duxbury Kingston &Plymouth
Falmouth
Oak Bluffs
Boston
• Sea Level Rise Overlay District
• Mapping
• Increased understanding of the impacts
• Urban building guidelines
Hull
• Improved understanding of the accuracy LIDAR data
• Visualization of Sea Level Rise
• Increasing the buy in of other boards
• Connect with Community Rating System
• Densely developed
Duxbury, Kingston & Plymouth
• Education and Outreach– No Adverse Impacts– Low Impact
Development
• Barrier beach dynamics
• Cross town collaboration
Falmouth
• Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan incorporating sea level rise
• Post disaster planning
• Sparsely developed
Oak Bluffs
• Model floodplain management by-law
• Incorporation of NAI
into legal framework
Transferability – Networks & Workshops
Transferability – Networks & Workshops
Regional website
Town pages
Coastal advisory group
Transferability – Networks & Workshops
Present at current meetings
Host post project regional events
The Future – StormSmart Coasts
Hazard Areas Identified
and flooding^
Improved By-Laws
Improved Development Standards
StormSmart Coasts
Daniella Hirschfeld617-626-1096
[email protected] CSC Coastal Management Fellow
Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
Helping coastal communities cope with floods, storms, sea level rise, and climate change
2008 AMWS Annual Meeting
