2021-01-18 GC - Item 3 - Attachment 1 - Coastal Hazards Adaptation Plan for Community Consultation

Appendix 5: Adaptation Options Multi-Criteria Analysis Assessment Criteria

                    Economic Impact                     Environmental Impact                       Social Impact                 Reversible / Adaptable Future                    Effectiveness


                                                                                                                                                                        Whether an option is technically
                                                                                                                                                                      feasible (i.e. is effective in mitigating
                                                                                                                                                                         the risk and is implementable)
            Order of magnitude monetary costs
                                                                                         Whether an adaptation option will                                               Whether an option is able to be
             to build/implement an adaptation       Whether an adaptation option will
                                                                                       have adverse impacts on other social       Whether an option is able to be      readily approved (i.e. is consistent
             option (further detailed studies to        have adverse impacts on
 Purpose                                                                                values or is likely to have community    ‘reversed’ or adapted to cater for      with current planning policy or
             confirm costs would be required),      environmental values e.g. Matters
                                                                                       support e.g. access, amenity, property              future needs                     legislative requirements)
              either by Council or private land    of State Environmental Significance
                                                                                                         values                                                       Whether an option provides a long-
                           owners
                                                                                                                                                                      term solution to the coastal hazard
                                                                                                                                                                        risk, or is suitable for use as an
                                                                                                                                                                                   interim option

  Score




                                                                                                                                                                             Option provides short
                                                                                                                                                                         term/temporary solution; or
                                                                                                                                Option is completely irreversible
   Very                                              Will have significant adverse Will significantly impact negatively              once implemented; or                Is not technically viable; or
               Very High Economic Cost
 Negative                                          impact on environmental values    on social values (i.e. access,                                                       Is very unlikely to achieve
                       (>$10M)                                                                                                   Option limits any alternative
   (-2)                                                      (i.e. MSES)                amenity, loss of services)                                                          approval under existing
                                                                                                                                      options in the future
                                                                                                                                                                              planning/legislative
                                                                                                                                                                                 requirements



                                                                                                                                                                      Option provides short-medium
                                                                                                                                                                              term solution; or
                                                                                                                                                                       Is only technically viable with
                                                                                                                                  Option is difficult to reverse        substantial engineering (or
                                                    Will have somewhat adverse,         Will have somewhat adverse, but         once implemented, but can be          other) design investigation and
 Negative       High Economic Cost                                                                                                      done with effort
                                                    but not significant impact on        not significant impact on social                                             capabilities for implementation;
   (-1)        Expensive ($3M to 10M)
                                                         environmental values                         values                        Option does limit some                            or
                                                                                                                                alternative options in the future     Will require an EIS and/or Govt
                                                                                                                                                                         program to implement; or
                                                                                                                                                                        There is a residual risk that
                                                                                                                                                                      approval will not be obtainable



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