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Coastal Hazards

Center Projects and Activities

• Alabama Coastal Hazards Assessment
  Provides access to multiple sources of hazards-related data and information that can be used for local planning and coastal management purposes.
• Community Vulnerability Assessment Tool (CVAT), New Hanover County, North Carolina
  Helps local and state officials determine and prioritize their localities' vulnerability to coastal hazards.
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• Harmful Algal Bloom Forecast Project
  Uses Geographic Information System (GIS) to integrate the data required to predict, detect, and verify Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) events.
• Performance Indicators Visualization and Outreach Tool (PIVOT)
  Illustrates how visualization, Web technology, and spatial data can be used to bring large plans and complex, interrelated issues to life for a community.
• Protecting Our Ports and Harbors (POPAH), Newport, Oregon
  Increases awareness of potential earthquake and tsunami hazards, existing mitigation plans, and post-event recovery strategies.
• Topographic LIDAR: An Emerging Beach Management Tool, The Northwest Project
  Profiles how several states are using this topographic mapping tool to address coastal issues.
• Vulnerability Assessment Techniques and Applications (VATA) Web site
  Provides information on VAT workshops and identifies sources of useful tools, methodologies, applications, technical resources, and case studies to help communities mitigate for natural hazards.

Activities

Publications

Lessons Learned Regarding the Use of Spatial Data and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) During Hurricane Floyd

PIVOT: Visually Connecting Communities with Local Issues, Management Strategies, and the Data to Monitor Progress
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Populations at Risk from Natural Hazards

Reducing Impacts of Natural Hazards

Coastal Services Magazine

2000 Articles

Coastal Catastrophes: What Managers Are Doing to Prepare for the Next Big Storm

Rising Seas: Maryland Managers Pursue Higher Ground

Collaboration Key to Great Lakes Managers’ Past and Future

Size and Diversity Separate Pacific States

Island Managers Share Common Ground

1999 Articles

Community Vulnerability Assessment Tool

Pennsylvania Service Keeps Customers from Eroding Away

Florida GIS Speeds Oil Spill Response

News and Notes

Sea Grant Web Site Puts Hazards Information at Your Fingertips

Toxic Tides: Planning Is Coastal Managements' Best Prevention

Rhode Island Preparing to Head into a Storm

Washington Stemming the Tide with Erosion Study

1998 Articles

Comprehensive Hazard Data in an Easy-To-Use Format From the Director

Laser Maps Shoreline Change

Christmas Trees Help Louisiana Stop Erosion

Hurricane Shows Benefit of North Carolina Web Site

Using GIS and GPS for Storm Recovery

Workshops

Vulnerability Assessment Techniques I

Vulnerability Assessment Techniques II