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Storm Smart Coasts

Storm Smart Coasts. Helping coastal communities cope with floods, storms, sea level rise, and climate change Implementation – Pilot Projects and Transferable Knowledge 12 March 2009. Daniella Hirschfeld NOAA CSC Coastal Management Fellow Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management.

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Storm Smart Coasts

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  1. StormSmartCoasts Helping coastal communities cope with floods, storms, sea level rise, and climate changeImplementation – Pilot Projects and Transferable Knowledge12 March 2009 Daniella HirschfeldNOAA CSC Coastal Management FellowMassachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management

  2. StormSmartCoasts This presentation summarizes the contents of the StormSmart Coasts website (www.mass.gov/czm/stormsmart/index.htm) and highlights the current implementation projects. For further information please refer to the website or contact the project manager Daniella Hirschfeld. Daniella Hirschfeld(617) 626-1096daniella.hirshfeld@state.ma.usNOAA CSC Coastal Management FellowMassachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management

  3. Overview • StormSmartCoasts – The Basics • Implementation – The Five Projects • Transferability – Networks & Workshops • The Future – StormSmartCoasts

  4. Massachusetts is currently facing serious problems along its coastline.By addressing these concerns we will be able to make our coastal communities more resilient and thus more prepared for sea level rise.

  5. 1938 Cost of repeat of 1938 Hurricane today? $300 Billion

  6. StormSmartCoasts

  7. Goal: Help Communities To Better Manage And Cope With: storms flooding sea level rise/climate change erosion

  8. Our website provides a single site for local officials working in coastal communities to find current and relevant resources.

  9. Everybody has a website. . . Local NGOs CZM NOAA But putting solutions on-line isn’t enough if nobody finds them National NGOs FEMA StormSmart Coasts gathers the information locals need . . .

  10. We help everybody find resources Local NGOs CZM NOAA National NGOs FEMA . . . and provides links so users can tap into outside resources

  11. Emergency Services Hazard Identification Infrastructure Regulations and Development Standards Planning Mitigation and Shore Protection Education and Outreach No Adverse Impacts (NAI)

  12. Options

  13. Implementation – The Five Projects StormSmartCoasts

  14. Boston Hull Duxbury Kingston &Plymouth Falmouth Oak Bluffs

  15. Boston • Sea Level Rise Overlay District • Mapping • Increased understanding of the impacts • Urban building guidelines

  16. Hull • Improved understanding of the accuracy LIDAR data • Visualization of Sea Level Rise • Increasing the buy in of other boards • Connect with Community Rating System • Densely developed

  17. Duxbury, Kingston & Plymouth • Education and Outreach • No Adverse Impacts • Low Impact Development • Barrier beach dynamics • Cross town collaboration

  18. Falmouth • Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan incorporating sea level rise • Post disaster planning • Sparsely developed

  19. Oak Bluffs • Model floodplain management by-law • Incorporation of NAI into legal framework

  20. Transferability – Networks & Workshops

  21. Transferability – Networks & Workshops Regional websiteTown pagesCoastal advisory group

  22. Transferability – Networks & Workshops Present at current meetingsHost post project regional events

  23. The Future – StormSmartCoasts

  24. Hazard Areas Identified

  25. Improved By-Laws and flooding ^

  26. Improved Development Standards

  27. StormSmartCoasts Helping coastal communities cope with floods, storms, sea level rise, and climate change2008 AMWS Annual Meeting Daniella Hirschfeld617-626-1096hirschfeld.daniella@gmail.comNOAA CSC Coastal Management FellowMassachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management

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