2019-02-18 GC Agenda Att 1 to Item 8 - Draft Environment Strategy

Measures are implemented to ensure a ‘no worsening’ of risks as a result of development,
infrastructure works or other decisions. Through the planning scheme, future risks are avoided by
not allowing for the intensification of development in existing hazard areas.

    (2)  PREPARE – Carryout proactive evacuation planning, disaster management and
         education
Actions are carried out to improve disaster preparedness and information sharing to enhance
community safety, health and wellbeing (especially for vulnerable members of the community).

    (3) ADAPT/ACCOMMODATE - Mitigate risks through careful design and location to reduce
        risks to an acceptable level
Successful adaptation is a shared responsibility that requires timely action by householders, asset
owners, communities, business and government. Examples include: enforcing minimum building
floor heights for new buildings and extensions in flood hazard areas, locating and designing
infrastructure to be effective until the end of its design life with climate change in mind, and
preserving and improving natural buffers to foreshore areas to build resilience to coastal erosion.

    (4) RETREAT – Reposition built structures away from hazard areas where feasible
In some instances it will not be possible to retain some structures in their current position, such as
in areas affected by storm tides, flooding or coastal erosion. For example, the Peregian Beach Surf
Club was relocated landward after an east coast low destroyed the former building in the 1970s.
Similarly, some Council-owned assets in at-risk foreshore areas may need to be relocated where
this is feasible.




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Noosa Shire Environment Strategy                                                              Page 38