2021-10-08 SM - Item 1 - Attachment 1 - Draft Coastal Hazards Adaptation Plan

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 pursing
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 9.




         Figure 9      Hierarchy of preferred coastal management responses for areas vulnerable to coastal hazards



Based on expert technical 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 3.

The purpose of this stage of the project was to determine which of these adaptation options are
likely suitable for Noosa or which might work but for one reason or another require further work to
determine their feasibility, as well as those that are very likely to be ineffective or unfeasible for
inclusion in this plan. Reference Box #3 explains how each of the options were assessed and
categorised.




Noosa Council – Coastal Hazards Adaptation Plan                                                         Page 23