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2021-11-15 GC Agenda - Item 7 - Attachment 1 - Coastal Hazards Adaptation Plan
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Table of Contents
Executive Summary................................................................................................................................ 6
1. Introduction......................................................................................................................................... 8
Purpose................................................................................................................................................. 9
Context................................................................................................................................................... 9
Approach............................................................................................................................................. 11
QCoast2100........................................................................................................................................ 11
Guiding principles............................................................................................................................... 12
2. Our Coastal zone.............................................................................................................................. 13
Coastal Landscape............................................................................................................................. 14
Coastal values..................................................................................................................................... 16
3. Community Engagement.................................................................................................................. 17
4. Developing this plan......................................................................................................................... 19
Understanding climate change & sea level rise................................................................................ 20
Phase 2 – 3: Identifying the hazards.................................................................................................. 20
What is coastal erosion?..................................................................................................................... 21
What are tidal inundation and storm tides?........................................................................................ 23
Phase 4 – 5: Identifying assets of importance and their risks.......................................................... 28
Phases 6 – 7: Assessing potential adaptation actions for Noosa..................................................... 30
Options for responding to coastal erosion risks................................................................................ 33
Options for responding to coastal inundation risks........................................................................... 37
5. Locality Risks and Adaptation Outcomes....................................................................................... 39
Introduction.......................................................................................................................................... 40
Peregian Beach................................................................................................................................... 44
Marcus Beach and Castaways Beach............................................................................................... 47
Sunshine Beach and Sunrise Beach.................................................................................................. 50
Noosa North Shore and Teewah........................................................................................................ 54
Noosa Heads....................................................................................................................................... 60
Noosaville............................................................................................................................................ 66
Tewantin............................................................................................................................................... 70
Cooroibah, Cootharaba, Como and Boreen Point............................................................................. 73
6. Implementation, Monitoring and Review......................................................................................... 75
Monitoring........................................................................................................................................... 76
Financial Sustainability....................................................................................................................... 77
Future Studies and Assessments...................................................................................................... 78
7. Appendices....................................................................................................................................... 79
Appendix 1: Glossary......................................................................................................................... 80
Appendix 2: Noosa Council Climate Change Response Policy (2017)........................................... 82
Appendix 3: Coastal Hazard Maps – Storm Tide Inundation and Permanent Tidal Inundation..... 84
Appendix 4: Coastal Hazard Maps - Coastal Erosion...................................................................... 95
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