Name: Resilience Planning for Coastal Hazards
Author: Chris Holtkamp

Course Info

7 video lessons (81 Mins)
Published
2024
Trending
4.83

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Browse Course Chapters

1.

Introduction

3 mins
2.

A Brief History of Coastal Disasters

15 mins
3.

Environmental Factors

16 mins
4.

Social and Economic Factors

10 mins
5.

Resilience Strategies for Coastal Environments

23 mins
6.

Case Studies

10 mins
7.

Conclusion

2 mins

What You Will Learn

1. Introduce coastal hazards 2. Understand the history of coastal events 3. Understand key resilience planning concepts 4. Assess vulnerabilities to coastal hazards in your community 5. Assess physical and social vulnerabilities 6. Identify practices and policies to foster physical, economic, and social resilience to coastal hazards

Course Description

Natural hazards represent an enormous threat to human health, safety, and welfare. Our vulnerability to natural hazards is exacerbated by growing populations in hazard-prone areas and patterns of development that expose more households to threats. Climate change also contributes to increased threats of everything from heat waves to hurricanes, severe droughts, tornadoes, and torrential rain. This combination of factors means the human and economic costs of disasters continue to grow.

Populations continue to increase in vulnerable environments, particularly along the coast. Even as we witness the rising human and economic toll from hurricanes, coastal flooding, loss of habitat, and other challenges, people continue to flock to vulnerable areas. Conventional responses to coastal hazards have relied on engineering solutions like seawalls and levees, which, while effective, cannot be our only approach to mitigating coastal threats. This course takes a holistic approach to responding to coastal hazards, focusing on resilience strategies that reduce vulnerabilities and enhance responsiveness and recovery when disaster strikes. Because planners have a unique role in cities to address the built environment as well as the social and economic environments, we are uniquely positioned to be leaders in building more resilient and sustainable coastal communities.