Case Study

Florida Experiment Lessens Shoreline Damage from High-Energy Waves

Click the link below to read Florida Experiment Lessens Shoreline Damage from High-Energy Waves as published by the NOAA Office for Coastal Management.
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Year
2022

Details

Hazards
Flooding – Coastal
Assets
Natural Areas and Wildlife
Sources
Florida’s Aquatic Preserves Florida Department of Environmental Protection Friends of the Guana Tolomato Matanzas Reserve Guana Tolomato Matanzas Research Reserve National Estuarine Research Reserve System’s Science Collaborative Radboud Universteit Nijmegan Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research University of Florida’s Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment University of New Hampshire

Click the link below to read Florida Experiment Lessens Shoreline Damage from High-Energy Waves as published by the NOAA Office for Coastal Management.

Florida Experiment Lessens Shoreline Damage from High-Energy Waves »

Organizations

Florida’s Aquatic Preserves
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Friends of the Guana Tolomato Matanzas Reserve

Relevant Options

Implement shoreline protection, natural or otherwise, to protect public infrastructure and manage erosion. Align flood mitigation and open space investments. Develop a program to remove invasive plants to avoid competition during extreme drought or wet periods.

Steps to Resilience

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Understand Exposure
Assess Vulnerability & Risk
Investigate Options
Prioritize & Plan
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Image Credit

Shoreline, Blowing Rocks Preserve, cropped. By Steven Martin, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/, via Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevenm_61/50867977236/in/photostream/