Transcript Spatial Planning for Future New Jersey Coastal Hazards

Spatial Planning for Future
New Jersey Coastal Hazards
Coastal Sustainability Symposium
Urban Coast Institute
9/10/08
Overview
Coastal Landscape
Past and Predicted Sea Level Rise
Anticipated Inundation
Wetland Dynamics
Spatial Planning: Belford/Port Monmouth case
Community Rating
Coastal Planning Office efforts
The Jersey Shore Landscape
Image: Author
Global Climate Change & New Jersey
NJ & Sea Level Rise
Image:
Image: Union
Psuty of
& Ofiara,
Concerned
“Coastal
Scientists,
Hazard“Confronting
Management:
Climate
Lessons
Change
and Future
in the U.S.
Directions
Northeast”
from (2007).
New Jersey” (2002).
Wetland Dynamics
Varies by geomorphology
Factors include:
Slope/erodibility
Sediment flux
Flood frequency
Subsidence
Disturbance
Image: Synthesis of U.S. Geological Survey Science for the Chesapeake Bay
Ecosystem and Implications for Environmental Management; Circular 1316
SLR – Anticipated Extent & Flooding
Images: “Future Sea Level Rise and the New Jersey Coast: Assessing Potential Impacts and Opportunities,”
Cooper, Beevers & Oppenheimer, (2005).
SLR – Anticipated Extent & Flooding
Image: “Vulnerability of New Jersey’s Coastal Habitats to Sea Level Rise,” Lathrop & Love, (2007).
Wetland Dynamics – SLR Uncertainty
Images: Synthesis of U.S. Geological Survey Science for the Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem and Implications
for Environmental Management, Circular 1316.
Wetland Migration Impedance
Image: “Vulnerability of New Jersey’s Coastal Habitats to Sea Level Rise,” Lathrop & Love, (2007).
Spatial Planning
Retreat Zones Created by Lathrop & Love: “Vulnerability of New Jersey’s Coastal Habitats to Sea Level Rise”
NFIP/Community Rating
Coastal Planning Efforts
Thank You
John D’Agostino
NJDEP
Coastal Management Office