State of the Beach/Beach Indicators/Coastal Development
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Much of our nation’s coastline is already developed. Waterfront residences, tourism opportunities and public infrastructure, such as roads, wastewater treatment plants and power plants, line our coasts. In addition, coastal development in a time of climate change exacerbates impacts to wildlife, habitats and coastal recreation, which all depend on healthy coasts. Adequate coastal development management includes implementing strong building codes that ensure developments can withstand severe storms, restrictions on the repair or development of new structures in high hazard areas, ample ‘setback’ buffers away from the coast and clear protection for environmentally sensitive habitat areas.
In this report, we present findings the states ability to meet the following checklist:
1. State has effective development setback policies.
2. State restricts new developments in coastal hazard areas.
3. State restricts repairing developments in coastal hazard areas.
4. State has policies that protect natural resources that provide coastal hazard mitigation benefits (e.g. dunes, wetlands, reefs).
State Beach Erosion Reports
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