Forum 4 (Oct. 2, 2013): Quantifying Risks and Moving Forward
Naval Station Norfolk’s efforts to quantify risks of sea level rise and climate change and findings from the “Adaptive Planning for Flooding and Coastal Change in Virginia” conference.
Naval Station Norfolk’s efforts to quantify risks of sea level rise and climate change and findings from the “Adaptive Planning for Flooding and Coastal Change in Virginia” conference.
The Adaptation Forum is a workshop for city, regional, and federal officials to share best practices for communicating the risks and realities of coastal inundation to local communities, a process that has proven challenging despite the realized destruction caused by Nor’easters and hurricanes of the last couple of years.
This was a joint meeting between the Forum and the Central East Coast Chapter of the American Shore & Beach Preservation Association.
As Superstorm Sandy barreled up the East Coast at the end of October, a group of planners, administrators, engineers, emergency managers, and scientists in Hampton Roads found themselves in the strange position of postponing a meeting about flooding due to the threat of impending flooding.