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

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

The Jersey Shore Landscape Image: Author

Global Climate Change & New Jersey

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

NFIP/Community Rating

Coastal Planning Efforts

Thank You John D’Agostino NJDEP Coastal Management Office