•  LOCAL GOVERNMENT •  Planning Departments •  Zoning Board •  Climate change panels

•  STAKEHOLDERS •  Tourist •  Coastal land owners •  Citizens

Lower 9th Ward

•  Storm surge ~ 5 meters

•  Defenses ~ 4.5 meters

ICE MELT + HEAT = SEA LEVEL RISE

MORE WATER, MORE MASS

+

THERMAL EXPANSION, MORE VOLUME

1920 - 1990 1992 - 2003

0.5 mm/yr

1.8 mm/yr 1.3

mm/yr

1.5 mm/yr

1.7 mm/yr

3.2 mm/yr

CURRENT RATE NEARLY TWICE THE 20TH CENTURY RATE LARGELY DUE TO VOLUME CHANGES

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers –Beach Nourishment Projects in Florida

Governance of the Coast Coastal Hazards Management Course by coastalhazards.unc.edu

•  “CCCL provides protection for Florida’s beaches and dunes while assuring reasonable use of real property”

•  Protects beaches and dunes by limiting development •  Creates a buffer zone based on projected 30-year

erosion •  Buildings inside buffer require special permits with

heightened building codes •  Works in conjunction with other statutes to limit

coastal armoring