2021-11-15 GC Agenda - Item 7 - Attachment 1 - Coastal Hazards Adaptation Plan

         Noosa Shire Council




                                              Reference     Box #5
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                               Adaptation Pathways and their benefits
                                         Adaptation Pathways and their benefits
       Developing and implementing a coastal hazards adaptation plan requires a responsive, flexible,
       Developing
       and long-termand  implementing
                      approach            a coastalthe
                                   that considers       hazards    adaptation
                                                           effectiveness,     plan requires
                                                                           acceptability, anda consequences
                                                                                                 responsive, flexible,
                                                                                                                  of
       and long-term approach that considers the effectiveness, acceptability, and consequences of a
       a range of responses. For Noosa, the ability to maintain the look and function of our current
       range of responses. For Noosa, the ability to maintain the look and functionality of our current
       beachfront
       beachfront and
                   and river
                        river foreshore
                               foreshore areas
                                          areas is is likely
                                                       likely to
                                                               to become
                                                                  become increasingly
                                                                          increasingly difficult
                                                                                        difficult due
                                                                                                  due to
                                                                                                       to increasing
                                                                                                           increasing
       coastal
       coastal hazard risks. Utilising an adaptation pathways approach allows Council and the
               hazard  risks.  Utilising an  adaptation     pathways    approach   allows Council   and     the
       community to
       community   to understand,
                      understand, planplan for,
                                            for,prioritise,
                                                prioritise,and andappropriately
                                                                    appropriately sequence
                                                                                  sequence adaptation
                                                                                              adaptation options.
                                                                                                             options.
       AApathways
          pathwaysapproach
                     approachresponds
                                respondsto   tochanges
                                                 changesin   incoastal
                                                                coastalhazard
                                                                          hazard risks
                                                                                   risks by
                                                                                         by using
                                                                                              using trigger
                                                                                                     trigger points
                                                                                                              points to
                                                                                                                      to
       indicate
        indicate when a preferred action or set of actions is likely to be implemented. A triggercan
                when   a preferred    action  or  set  of actions  is likely to be  implemented.      A  trigger canbe be
        based on
       based   on one
                  one or
                       or more
                          more ofof three
                                     three things:
                                            things:
       -      Environmental conditions (e.g. sea levels have risen to a certain point)
            - Environmental conditions (e.g. sea levels have risen to a certain point)
       -    - Public
                Publicasset
                       assetfunctionality
                              functionality(e.g.
                                              (e.g.ananasset
                                                          assetcan
                                                                 canlonger
                                                                      longerfunction
                                                                               functiontotoananacceptable
                                                                                                acceptablestandard)
                                                                                                               standard)
       -    - Community
                Communitytolerance
                             tolerance(e.g.
                                          (e.g.the
                                                 theinterruptions
                                                      interruptionstotolifestyle
                                                                         lifestyleare
                                                                                   arenonolonger
                                                                                            longeracceptable)
                                                                                                     acceptable).
       The
        The illustrative
              illustrative graph
                              graph below
                                    below (Figure
                                            (Figure 11)
                                                     11)shows
                                                          showsthe
                                                                 thebenefits
                                                                     benefitsof  ofadopting
                                                                                   adoptingananadaptation
                                                                                               adaptationpathways
                                                                                                           pathways
       approach
        approach in    in reducing
                           reducing risks.
                                     risks. Without
                                            Without aa response,
                                                        response, the
                                                                   the risks
                                                                        risks from
                                                                               from coastal
                                                                                    coastal hazards
                                                                                            hazards for
                                                                                                     for Noosa
                                                                                                         Noosa are
                                                                                                               are
        likely to
       likely   to rise
                    rise and
                           and become
                                become intolerable
                                         intolerable in
                                                      in many
                                                         many locations.
                                                               locations.




                                  Figure 11 - Effect of adaptation actions on risk profile over time
            Figure 11 - Effect of adaptation actions on risk profile over time (source: Bundaberg Regional Council)




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