Browsing by Subject "living shorelines"

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Assessing Decision-Making in Shoreline Management Among North Carolina’s Waterfront Property Owners
(2018-04-26) McGarry, Jaclyn
The state of North Carolina is abundant in coastal resources including more than 12,000 miles of estuarine shoreline. Of approximately 600 miles of “modified” shoreline, 86.8% involve a bulkhead. Many coastal states now recommend the use of alternative stabilization methods, such as living shorelines or marsh sills. In comparison to bulkheads, seawalls and other hardened structures, these soft shore stabilization techniques better approximate the natural functions of the estuarine ecosystem while slowing the rate of erosion, often at a lower cost. Despite this, bulkheads remain the preferred method of erosion prevention in North Carolina. This project seeks to understand North Carolina waterfront property owners’ perceptions on options for shoreline stabilization and the the critical factors in their decision-making. Information gathered from a series of semi-structured interviews is used to make outreach recommendations within the state’s permitting framework.
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Challenges and Solutions to Permitting Living Shoreline Projects
(2024-11-01) Wetzler, Chloe; Mason, Sara; Olander, Lydia
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Nature-based Urban Flood Resilience: a policy analysis of natural flood mitigation measures in sea level rise planning in New Orleans, New York City, and San Francisco
(2017-08-18) Myers, Michelle
Sea level rise (SLR) and severe weather events have already exposed the vulnerability of coastal cities to flood events. Regional planning bodies are developing comprehensive plans to build resiliency utilizing both hardened and natural flood mitigation measures. While the plans use living shorelines and wetland restoration to buffer coastal regions, land managers have uncertainty to the level of protection these measures provide and a bias to maintain hardened shorelines and levee infrastructure. In addition, there are barriers to implementation of SLR adaptation plans in permitting, funding and land tenure. Research methods for the project include a literature review of resiliency planning documents and related articles, as well as interviews with resiliency planning staff in the case study areas of New York, San Francisco, and New Orleans. Policy recommendations are made that include: standardizing economic valuation and performance matrices of natural flood barriers, simplifying agency approvals, developing managed retreat practices and project migration zones, and increasing federal funding while identifying local resources for adaptation projects.