Objectives
Field SitesKnowledge ManagementScience for GovernanceTraining and EducationThemes
Coastal HazardsCoastal PeopleCritical Coastal HabitatsFisheriesMaricultureTourismUrban CoastsWater Quality and SupplyApproaches
Capacity BuildingCoastal Plans & PoliciesConstituency BuildingEcosystem GovernanceEvaluation for LearningIncorporating ScienceProtected Areas
Coastal Hazards
Coastlines are naturally dynamic—shaped and reshaped by such dramatic events as hurricanes, typhoons, tsunamis, earthquakes, and severe storms and the often more gradual processes of accretion and erosion. Human activity leaves its mark as well—in the form of soil erosion, deforestation, dams, dredging, and man-made shorelines. Human activity affects the global climate, in turn leading to sea level rise and changes in long established seasonal temperature and rainfall patterns. The combination of natural and human forces present major challenges to coastal managers.The Coastal Resources Center (CRC) has focused upon strategies to mitigate the human and environmental costs of coastal hazards before they happen. This spans public education, reducing or eliminating construction in hazardous areas through various regulatory and non-regulatory means and working with the insurance industry to promote good construction practices along the shorefront.
Current CRC Activities linked to this Theme
Coastal Adaptation: A Guidebook for Development Planners
These activities are part of project: Adapting to Coastal Climate Change
Institute for Coastal Management 2010 Information and Application Process
These activities are part of project: Summer Institute in Coastal Management
Older CRC Activities linked to this Theme
Summer Institute 2008 Information and Application Process
These activities are part of project: Institute in Coastal Management Project ended: 6-1-2008
Review of US Northeast Management of Coastal Ecosystems and Natural Hazards
These activities are part of project: Review of US Northeast Management of Coastal Ecosystems and Natural Hazards Project ended: 1-15-2008
Modelling Tsunami Waves and Coastal Inundation
These activities are part of project: Indian Ocean Tsunami Early Warning System Project ended: 9-30-2007
5. Coastal Institute Asia 2007
1. Assessing Impact, Facilitating Consensus and Creating a Vision for Action
2. Rebuilding Sustainable Livelihoods
3. Coastal Public Infrastructure and Disaster Preparedness
4. Enhancing Capacity in Sustainable Livelihoods, Co-management and Disaster Preparedness
These activities are part of project: Thailand Post-Tsunami Sustainable Coastal Livelihoods Program Project ended: 9-30-2007
Metro Bay Special Area Managment Plan
These activities are part of project: Metro Bay Region Special Area Management Plan and Coastal Land and Estuary Conservation Program Project ended: 6-30-2007
These activities are part of project: Aquidneck Island Planning Commission, RI, USA Project ended: 6-30-2006
These activities are part of project: Rhode Island Sea Grant Extension and Outreach Project ended: 2-28-2006
Northeast Storm Surge Workshops
Storm Surge User Needs Report to NOAA
These activities are part of project: Assessment of User Needs for Storm Surge Information Project ended: 9-30-2005
These activities are part of project: Capacity Building of Rhode Island Municipalities for Pre-disaster Mitigation Project ended: 9-28-2005
Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program (CELCP)
These activities are part of project: Coastal Land and Estuary Protection for RI, USA Project ended: 6-30-2005
Special Area Management Plan for Greenwich Bay
These activities are part of project: Special Area Management Plan for Greenwich Bay, RI, USA Project ended: 6-30-2005
These activities are part of project: Integrated Water and Coastal Resources Management - Water IQC II Project ended: 4-30-2005
Designing Web-Based Advisory Support for Coral Reef Management
These activities are part of project: Network Capacity Building: Providing the Tools for Communities to Manage Coral Reefs in SE Asia Project ended: 12-30-2003
Implementation Strategy to Obtain Endorsement
These activities are part of project: Principles, Management Goals and A Vision for the Stewardship of Narragansett Bay, coastal RI and their watersheds in RI, MA, CT, USA Project ended: 10-1-2003
Tourism Development guidelines
These activities are part of project: Conserving Critical Coastal Ecosystems in Mexico Project ended: 9-30-2003
Design of a Loan Proposal to Implement the Ecuador Coastal Resources Management Program
Technical Assistance to Implement Components #1 and #2 of IDB Loan Operation 913, the Ecuador PMRC
These activities are part of project: Ecuador Coastal Resources Management Program Implementation Project ended: 9-30-2000
Analyzing Priority Coastal Resources Management Issues
Improve How Priority Coastal Issues are Dealt with at the National and Local Levels
The Evolving Structure of the Ecuador Coastal Resources Management Program
Special Area Management Plans for Five Priority Areas of the Mainland Coast