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

Approach
QCoast2100

The CHAP has been developed through an eight-phase process (Figure 1) as outlined in the
QCoast2100 Minimum Standards and Guidelines (LGAQ and DEHP 2016). The QCoast2100 program
has been coordinated by the Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ) on behalf of
the Queensland Department of Environment and Science (DES). Incorporating regular community
engagement and consultation, the process has included the following key steps:

   •   Scope coastal hazard issues for the area of interest
   •   Identify areas exposed to current and future coastal hazards
   •   Identify key hazards potentially impacted
   •   Conduct risk assessments of key assets in coastal hazard areas
   •   Identify potential adaptation options and determine actions, costs, priorities and timeframes.




                      Figure 1 - Process for developing a Coastal Hazards Adaptation Plan


The outputs of each project phase have been subject to review and approval by LGAQ and DES.

Uncertainty is a key characteristic of climate change and long-term coastal management, and can
be viewed as a barrier to progressing important adaptation actions. This uncertainty should not
however be an excuse to delay planning or action. The appropriate approach to managing
uncertainty is to plan over multiple time horizons, and incorporate options that can be attuned to
needs as they change over time. This plan takes a ‘risk-based’ approach to dealing with
uncertainties in preparing Noosa for changes to local coastal hazards.

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