38 Introduction
As a result of global climate change, we are seeing an increase in extreme weather events and rising oceans. Predictive modelling is required to be able to accurately determine the severity of extreme weather events and height sea level is likely to rise. Understanding these challenges, we can build community resilience through providing early warning systems, use infrastructure to maintain current coastal development and sustainably build new coastal developments. Adopting an ecosystem based, cross-sector, transformative adaptation to climate change approach is essential to support the environment, society, and the economy in a changing climate.
Learning Goals
By the end of this chapter, you should:
- Understand the complex impacts acting on coastal communities
- Understand transformative adaptation to climate change and how it is applied to management
- Evaluate and apply nature-based solutions to coastal threat scenarios
- Identify sustainable coastal infrastructure options and the positives, benefits and complexities of different approaches
- Utilise adaptive management solutions to building coastal community resilience to climate change under different scenarios
