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What is Coastal Resilience? Why does it Matter?
The Built Environment
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Policy Framework
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Federal Legal Framework
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Federal Land Use
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The National Flood Insurance Program
The Stafford Act and the Disaster Mitigation Act
Coastal Barrier Resources Act
The Coastal Zone Management Act
Other Federal Authorities
Federal Building Codes
State and Local Legal Framework
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State and Local Floodplain Management
State and Local Land Use
State and Local Building Codes
Shifting Burdens: the “Safe Government Paradox”
Building Resilience
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Facilitating Resiliency
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Disaster Response – Lessons Learned
Integrated Coastal Zone Management
State Directives, Local Plans
The Role of Universities
The Primacy of Planning
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The Question of Urban Resiliency
What Makes a Good Plan?
Assessing Vulnerability
Examples of Local Coastal Resilience Planning Efforts
Climate Change Adaptation as Hazard Mitigation
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Incorporating Freeboard
Compact Urbanism: A New Paradigm for Coastal Cities?
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Greater Social Cohesion
Less Area to Protect
More Choices of Where to Locate
Proximity of Refuge
Sturdier Buildings
Transit and Evacuation
Coastal Wetlands
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Value of Coastal Fisheries and Wetlands
Climate Change Impacts on Tidal Wetlands
Policy Framework
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Federal Framework for Wetland Protection
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The Clean Water Act
No Net Loss of Wetlands
Federal Agency Protection
The Magnuson Stevens Act and Essential Fish Habitat
Marine Protected Areas
The Coastal Zone Management Act
Special Area Management Plans
Miscellaneous Federal Laws
State Law for Wetland Protection
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Florida State Law for Wetland Protection
Wetland Migration and Shoreline Armoring
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Rolling Easements & the Texas Open Beaches Act
Common Law Framework For A Rolling Easement
Management Options for Wetlands and Sea Level Rise
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Creation of New Wetlands through Elevation
Enabling Wetland Migration
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Prevention of Development
A Bay-side Rolling Easement to Insure Wetland Migration
Easements obtained through Mitigation and Preservation Efforts
Deferred Action
Combination or Hybrid Approaches
What Policy Makers Need to Know
Recommendations
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The Built Environment
Coastal Wetlands
Resources
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Literature
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Climate Change Impacts on Tidal Wetlands
Climate Change Impacts on Wetlands 2
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