Climate Change and Sea Level Rise Initiative Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
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Climate Change and Sea Level Rise Initiative Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
Coastal EngineerClimate Adaptation Specialist
Coastal TourismAdaptation Practices and Lessons Learned: A State Perspective Climate
Change Up Close and Personal: Impacts on Hampton Roads Region
Transatlantic Solutions to Sea Level Rise Adaptation
ASBPA Sea Level Rise Findings/Recommendations
Willoughby Spit Shoreline Improvement Project
Norfolk's City-wide Coastal Flood Study and mitigation initiatives
FEMA Region III Coastal Analysis and Mapping project
Update from VIMS on the Recurrent Flooding Study
Maryland's Sea-Level Rise Projections
RE.Invest Norfolk Update
Earning Trust and Explaining Complexities As You Communicate Climate Science
Risky Business: Engaging the Public in Policy Discourse on Sea-Level Rise
How Big Should My Water Wings Be?
Adaptation: Notes from the Field
Sea Level Rise Adaptation ForumsPartnership with Virginia Sea Grant and the Hampton Roads
Regional Planning District
Sea Level Rise and Acceleration Norfolk in the front-line battle against rising sea levels
Most Viewed Paper for April 2013The paper by Tal Ezer, Larry Atkinson, William Corlett and Jose Blanco, entitled “Gulf Stream's induced sea level rise and variability along the U.S. mid-Atlantic coast,”
This paper has lead to many more researchers examining sea level rise rates in coastal areas.
Seawalls and pumping stations have protected Downtown Norfolk and led to economic development.
Future updates to this structure and others will depend onSLR projections.
• Consequences of SLR to Virginia; correlate with party affiliation
• Lack of consensus on nature of SLR and limited funding are potential barriers to SLR policy making
• State and local level planning most effective policy solutions
• Difference on who should take the lead to address SLR policy making in Virginia
• Republicans indicate that state agencies lead, Democrats indicate that federal government should lead.
Public Perception Research
"The Old Dominion University Climate Change and Sea Level Rise Initiative will bring the university and the region's foremost experts together to find solutions to the challenges facing our region and other regions globally."
President John Broderick, August 24, 2010
Hiring in CCSLRI
Visiting Fellow
Dr. Diane Horn from Birkbeck College in London is collaborating with Dr.Michael McShane.
They compared flood insurance systems in the US and UK.. A paper will soon be published in Nature – Climate Change titled “Flood Insurance: A Tale of Two Countries.”
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