Transcript StormSmart Coasts

StormSmart Coasts
Helping coastal communities cope with floods, storms,
sea level rise, and climate change
Implementation – Pilot Projects and
Transferable Knowledge
12 March 2009
Daniella Hirschfeld
NOAA CSC Coastal Management Fellow
Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
StormSmart Coasts
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.
Daniella Hirschfeld
(617) 626-1096
[email protected]
NOAA CSC Coastal Management Fellow
Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
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.
1938
Cost of repeat
of 1938
Hurricane
today?
StormSmar
t Coasts
Goal:
Help Communities To Better Manage And Cope With:
storms
sea level rise/climate change
flooding
erosion
Our website provides a single site for local officials working in coastal
communities to find current and relevant resources.
Everybody has a website. . .
CZM
National
NGOs
Local
NGOs
NOAA
But putting
solutions
on-line isn’t
enough if
nobody
finds them
StormSmart Coasts gathers the
information locals need . . .
FEMA
We help everybody find resources
CZM
Local
NGOs
NOAA
National
NGOs
FEMA
. . . and provides links so users
can tap into outside resources
Emergency Services
No Adverse Impacts
(NAI)
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
Improved By-Laws
and flooding
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Improved Development Standards
StormSmart Coasts
Helping coastal communities cope with floods,
storms, sea level rise, and climate change
2008 AMWS Annual Meeting
Daniella Hirschfeld
617-626-1096
[email protected]
NOAA CSC Coastal Management Fellow
Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management