Spatial Planning for Future New Jersey Coastal Hazards

1. Coastal Sustainability Symposium Urban Coast Institute 9/10/08 Spatial Planning for Future New Jersey Coastal Hazards

2. 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

3. The Jersey Shore Landscape Image: Author

4. Global Climate Change & New Jersey

5. NJ & Sea Level Rise Image: Union of Concerned Scientists, “Confronting Climate Change in the U.S. Northeast” (2007). Image: Psuty & Ofiara, “Coastal Hazard Management: Lessons and Future Directions from New Jersey” (2002).

6. 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

7. SLR – Anticipated Extent & Flooding Images: “Future Sea Level Rise and the New Jersey Coast: Assessing Potential Impacts and Opportunities,” Cooper, Beevers & Oppenheimer, (2005).

8. SLR – Anticipated Extent & Flooding Image: “Vulnerability of New Jersey’s Coastal Habitats to Sea Level Rise,” Lathrop & Love, (2007).

9. Wetland Dynamics – SLR Uncertainty Images: Synthesis of U.S. Geological Survey Science for the Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem and Implications for Environmental Management, Circular 1316.

10. Wetland Migration Impedance Image: “Vulnerability of New Jersey’s Coastal Habitats to Sea Level Rise,” Lathrop & Love, (2007).

11. Spatial Planning Retreat Zones Created by Lathrop & Love: “Vulnerability of New Jersey’s Coastal Habitats to Sea Level Rise”

12. NFIP/Community Rating

13. Coastal Planning Efforts

14. Thank You John D’Agostino NJDEP Coastal Management Office