scholarly journals Public priorities on locally-driven sea level rise planning on the East Coast of the United States

PeerJ ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. e9044
Author(s):  
Adam T. Carpenter
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Saltwater Intrusion ◽  
East Coast ◽  
The United States ◽  
Coastal Communities ◽  
Local Planning ◽  
Public Officials ◽  
Key Aspects

Sea level rise poses a substantial concern to communities worldwide. Increased inundation, storm surge, saltwater intrusion, and other impacts create challenges which will require considerable planning to address. Recognizing the broad and differing scope of sea level rise issues and the variability of policy options to address them, local planning frameworks are necessary in addition to tools and resources available from state and federal governments. To help assess priorities and preferences on sea level rise planning, a survey of 503 persons affiliated with coastal communities on the East Coast of the United States was conducted in December 2017. This survey studied key aspects locally-driven sea level rise plans, including planning priorities, funding options, methods to resolve conflict, and potential responses. Six key findings address these and other concerns to provide the foundation of a locally driven framework for public officials.

scholarly journals Public priorities on locally-driven sea level rise planning on the East Coast of the United States

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam T Carpenter
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
East Coast ◽  
Salt Water ◽  
The United States ◽  
Salt Water Intrusion ◽  
Local Planning ◽  
Public Officials ◽  
Key Aspects

Sea Level Rise poses a substantial concern to communities worldwide. Increased inundation, storm surge, salt water intrusion, and other impacts create challenges which will require considerable planning to address. Recognizing the broad and differing scope of sea level rise issues and the variability of policy options to address them, local planning frameworks are necessary in addition to tools and resources available from state and federal governments. To help assess priorities and preferences on sea level rise planning, a survey of 503 persons affiliated with coastal communities on the East Coast of the United States was conducted in December 2017. This survey studied key aspects locally-driven sea level rise plans, including planning priorities, funding options, methods to resolve conflict, and potential responses. Six key findings address these and other concerns to provide the foundation of a locally driven framework for public officials.

scholarly journals Public priorities on locally-driven sea level rise planning on the East Coast of the United States

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam T Carpenter
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
East Coast ◽  
Salt Water ◽  
The United States ◽  
Salt Water Intrusion ◽  
Local Planning ◽  
Public Officials ◽  
Key Aspects

Sea Level Rise poses a substantial concern to communities worldwide. Increased inundation, storm surge, salt water intrusion, and other impacts create challenges which will require considerable planning to address. Recognizing the broad and differing scope of sea level rise issues and the variability of policy options to address them, local planning frameworks are necessary in addition to tools and resources available from state and federal governments. To help assess priorities and preferences on sea level rise planning, a survey of 503 persons affiliated with coastal communities on the East Coast of the United States was conducted in December 2017. This survey studied key aspects locally-driven sea level rise plans, including planning priorities, funding options, methods to resolve conflict, and potential responses. Six key findings address these and other concerns to provide the foundation of a locally driven framework for public officials.

scholarly journals Economic damages from Hurricane Sandy attributable to sea level rise caused by anthropogenic climate change

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin H. Strauss ◽  
Philip M. Orton ◽  
Klaus Bittermann ◽  
Maya K. Buchanan ◽  
Daniel M. Gilford ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
East Coast ◽  
The United States ◽  
Hurricane Sandy ◽  
Water Levels ◽  
Anthropogenic Climate Change ◽  
Economic Damage ◽  
Sea Levels

AbstractIn 2012, Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast of the United States, creating widespread coastal flooding and over $60 billion in reported economic damage. The potential influence of climate change on the storm itself has been debated, but sea level rise driven by anthropogenic climate change more clearly contributed to damages. To quantify this effect, here we simulate water levels and damage both as they occurred and as they would have occurred across a range of lower sea levels corresponding to different estimates of attributable sea level rise. We find that approximately $8.1B ($4.7B–$14.0B, 5th–95th percentiles) of Sandy’s damages are attributable to climate-mediated anthropogenic sea level rise, as is extension of the flood area to affect 71 (40–131) thousand additional people. The same general approach demonstrated here may be applied to impact assessments for other past and future coastal storms.

scholarly journals Spatial variability of late Holocene and 20th century sea-level rise along the Atlantic coast of the United States

Geology ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 37 (12) ◽  
pp. 1115-1118 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. E. Engelhart ◽  
B. P. Horton ◽  
B. C. Douglas ◽  
W. R. Peltier ◽  
T. E. Tornqvist
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Spatial Variability ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Late Holocene ◽  
Atlantic Coast ◽  
The United States

scholarly journals Increased nuisance flooding along the coasts of the United States due to sea level rise: Past and future

2015 ◽  
Vol 42 (22) ◽  
pp. 9846-9852 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamed R. Moftakhari ◽  
Amir AghaKouchak ◽  
Brett F. Sanders ◽  
David L. Feldman ◽  
William Sweet ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
The United States
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