Land Trust Alliance

Coastal Vulnerability Maps and Study – U.S. East Coast and Texas

Kimberly Seese — 2012-03-07T22:20:00Z

Coastal Vulnerability Maps and Study – U.S. East Coast and Texas shows the elevation of coastal areas from Massachusetts to Florida. A sea level rise planning study – which integrates information related to land use, zoning, and anticipated development to determine the future likelihood of shore protection and prevention of inland wetland migration – is also included. This study covers coastal areas from Massachusetts to Florida, and Texas.

The Shoreline Management Toolbox

Kimberly Seese — 2012-03-07T22:20:00Z

Shoreline erosion is a natural process. However, sea level rise and poorly planned shoreline development projects can accelerate natural erosion rates. The Shoreline Management Toolbox presents alternative approaches for human uses and development near the shoreline.

Smart Growth and Climate Change Website

Kimberly Seese — 2012-03-07T22:20:00Z

Smart Growth and Climate Change Website does extensive research at the intersection of climate change and land use/development. Its website provides links both to EPA and outside resources that can help communities direct future development in ways that preserve open space, create livable neighborhoods, and minimize greenhouse gas emissions.

Smart Growth and Water Publications

Kimberly Seese — 2012-03-07T22:20:00Z

Smart Growth and Water Publications offers two tools and publications appropriate for communities addressing climate change along the coast. Smart Growth for Coastal and Waterfront Communities builds on existing smart growth principles to offer 10 specific development guidelines for coastal and waterfront communities, along with tools, techniques, and examples. The Water Quality Scorecard offers policy options for green infrastructure across different scales of land use and across multiple municipal departments.

Smart Growth for Coastal and Waterfront Communities Guidance

Kimberly Seese — 2012-03-07T22:20:00Z

Smart Growth for Coastal and Waterfront Communities Guidance presents coastal and waterfront-specific strategies for development, including strategies for open space protection as part of a smart growth framework.

Rolling Easements

Kimberly Seese — 2012-03-07T22:20:00Z

Rolling Easements presents vision, in which future development of some low-lying coastal lands is based on the premise that eventually the land must give way to the rising sea. The EPA provides a primer on more than a dozen approaches for ensuring that wetlands and beaches can migrate inland, as people remove buildings, roads, and other structures from land as it becomes submerged. Collectively, these approaches are known as rolling easements.

Methodology for Mapping Socio-Economic Variables Using 2000 Census Data

Kimberly Seese — 2012-03-07T22:20:00Z

Methodology for Mapping Socio-Economic Variables Using 2000 Census Data allows users to gain insights into socioeconomic trends in the nation's rapidly developing coastal regions. Data can be used to inform decisions on conservation priorities in light of climate change and different socioeconomic trends.

Smart Growth Technical Assistance

Kimberly Seese — 2012-03-07T22:20:00Z

The Smart Growth Technical Assistance program offers a variety of technical assistance programs and tools to help communities learn about and implement smart growth. Several of these are available to communities implementing policies to address climate change.

Smart Growth Grants

Kimberly Seese — 2012-03-07T22:20:00Z

Smart Growth Grants sometimes offers grants to support activities that improve the quality of development and protect human health and the environment. When these grants are offered, they will always be announced on the web page above and on www.grants.gov.

GIS Tools for Strategic Conservation Planning

Kimberly Seese — 2012-03-07T22:20:00Z

GIS Tools for Strategic Conservation Planning is a technical course teaches participants how to apply geographic information system (GIS) tools, methods, and analysis to strategic conservation planning using a "green infrastructure" approach. Green infrastructure is a designed network of natural area that benefits nature and people by maintaining essential ecosystem services that protect communities from climate impacts and enables a healthy, more adaptable ecosystem.

Coastal Community Planning and Development

Kimberly Seese — 2012-03-07T22:20:00Z

Coa stal Community Planning and Development recognizes typical patterns of growth and understanding alternatives to coastal development are critical first steps in coastal land use planning. This course provides coastal planners and other participants with the background, examples, and strategies to foster more sustainable development in their own coastal communities.

NOAA's State of the Coast

Kimberly Seese — 2012-03-07T22:20:00Z

The State of the Coast website provides quick facts and detailed statistics through interactive indicator visualizations that provide highlights of what we know about coastal communities, coastal ecosystems, the coastal economy, and how climate change might impact the coast. The website also offers case studies and management success stories that highlight often complex connections across the four state of the coast themes: coastal communities, ecosystems, economy, and climate. For more information contact State of the Coast.

Land Cover Atlas

Kimberly Seese — 2012-03-07T22:20:00Z

The Land Cover Atlas is a new web-based tool for exploring land cover (C-CAP) change over time at the county level. Documenting changes in the landscape can alert communities to emerging trends, information that is useful when predicting and assessing cumulative impacts in the light of climate stressors, such as sea level rise. Information on current condition can be used to assess resilience to future scenarios and to highlight areas where these impacts may need to be addressed. The tool can help with local conservation or land use planning and can enhance communication and decision-making through summary reports and data tables. For general support on the land cover atlas, contact NOAA Support.

Open-source Nonpoint Source Pollution and Erosion Comparison Tool (N-SPECT)

Kimberly Seese — 2012-03-07T22:20:00Z

Open-source Nonpoint Source Pollution and Erosion Comparison Tool (OpenN-SPECT) is a GIS tool that helps conservation practitioners quickly and easily identify land areas that generate high sediment and nonpoint source pollutant loads. This is increasingly important in regions experiencing rapid development and other land use conversions. OpenN-SPECT’s scenario analysis functionality allows people to test the relative effectiveness of different land cover management options on sediment and pollutant yields. Additionally, the impacts of changing climatic regimes can be tested with knowledge of potential changes to soils, precipitation, and land cover. The map-based outputs are easily incorporated into planning documents and are useful visualizations in public forums. Training is available on how to use this tool and information on the training can be found here. For more training information, contact NOAA Coastal Services Center.

Integrated Climate and Land Use Scenarios (ICLUS) GIS Tool

Kimberly Seese — 2012-03-07T22:20:00Z

Integrated Climate and Land Use Scenarios (ICLUS) GIS Tool is the
primary aim of the ICLUS tool is to develop future land use scenarios based on potential trajectories for population growth, greenhouse gas emissions, and socio-economic changes, as used by climate change modelers. Download a report describing the scenarios and models used to create the tool.