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

Phases 6 – 7: Assessing potential adaptation actions for Noosa
There are numerous adaptation options that may be considered for adapting to coastal hazards in
Noosa’s coastal zone. Each of these has a range of costs and other implications that require
careful consideration before implementing. A key aspect of adaptation planning is avoiding a
course of action that once begun, cannot be altered. In addition, it’s also important to avoid
pursuing actions that simply transfer or make the same problem worse elsewhere.

With these considerations in mind, a hierarchy of potential adaptation responses has been adopted
for this plan, shown in Figure 10.




         Figure 10     Hierarchy of preferred coastal management responses for areas vulnerable to coastal
         hazards



Based on expert advice and feedback received through a series of community surveys and
workshops, a range of criteria were applied to a list of 53 potential adaptation options for assets
and locations where risks are considered high or very high. These criteria are shown in Table 1.


           Criteria         Criteria Description
                            Monetary costs to build/implement an adaptation option (further
           Cost             detailed studies to confirm costs may be required), either by
                            Council or private land owners
                            Whether an adaptation option will have adverse impacts on
           Environmental
                            environmental values e.g. Matters of State Environmental
           Impact
                            Significance




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