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Climate change may be the ultimate disruptor to coastal New Jersey. Sea level rise and frequent “sunny-day flooding” challenge local officials’ ability to protect residents.
Coastal towns responded to Hurricane Sandy's impact in different ways, including innovative use of reverse fiscal-impact analyses to drive decisions. They also employed public engagement and education, relocation programs, and physical improvements. Local officials describe their responses to the storm — efforts that continue 10 years later
Sandy's impacts also include gentrification and loss of affordable housing. What once were homes for many working-class families are now houses affordable only to the wealthy.
Attendees walk approximately two miles.
Learning Objectives:
Specify how federal post-disaster recovery funds were used.
Describe strategies to engage public and elected officials in responding to future natural disasters.
Articulate successful and unsuccessful resiliency strategies.
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