How Big Should My Water Wings Be?

Building Resilience Workshop V Communities on the Edge Margaret Davidson Acting Director March 13, 2014
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Coastal Vulnerability Around the World

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Coastal Communities: Vital to U.S. Economies

Coastal watershed counties contain 52% of the nation's population -- but account for less than 20% of US land area (excludes AK).

45 % of the U.S. national gross domestic product is contributed by coastal communities Supports more than 51 million jobs Coastal tourism and recreation accounted for $89.2B between 2005-2010
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Billion Dollar Disasters: Fact of Life

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Weather-Related Versus Geophysical Events

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Determining Risk
Consequence (Life, Economic, Political, Habitat, Social)

Probability (Frequency)

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Not Waiting for A Disaster to Achieve Better Resilience Today

Digital Coast Resilience Data and Tools Coastal lidar SLR and Coastal Flooding Impacts Viewer Coastal economic data Electronic navigation charts Tides and water levels http://csc.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/
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Most Vulnerable Populations

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Sandy: A Turning Point?

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Sea Level Trend: Eugene Island, LA

Mean Sea Level Trend

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Greenland Ice Melt

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Shrewsbury River, NJ

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Managing Risk: Who Pays?

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Shared Flood Risk Management: Buying Down Risk

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Will Your Business Be Open Tomorrow?

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Adaptation Costs of Climate Change Risks

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Green-Gray Infrastructure

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Multiple Lines of Defense

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Change is Here: Time to Act is Now

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