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This page will list a selection of adapation stratgies focussing on the problem of sea level rise and possibly other climate change issues. Sea level rise adaptation measures are generally classified in to four categories:
;Do nothing: not really a strategy, but must be studied as an option for comparing the relative cost of other strategies.
;Protection: shielding land uses from sea level rise impacts. Typically, but not exclusively, this involves engineering solutions such as sea walls, breakwaters, sacrifical dunes, or beach nourishment.
;Accomodation: adjusting land uses to enable living with sea level rise impacts. Examples include floodproofing or raising existing structures, stormwater improvements, and building code changes.
;Retreat: relocating land uses away from sea level rise impacts. "Retreat" is a jargon term whose definition is somewhat different from its everyday meaning, which many people interpret as meaning a forced evacuation or abandonment of property. Because of this common confusion in communicating about sea level rise adaptation, some experts prefer to use a different word than "retreat" here, but "retreat" nevertheless remains the standard terminology. Examples of retreat include public acquisition of undeveloped land, zoning changes, property buy-back grants, and conservation easements.

Until this page is more fully developed, the [http://www.coastalwiki.org/wiki/Main_Page Coastal Wiki] is a good reference which is maintained by experts.

== News and other Press ==
*[http://www.wickedlocal.com/marshfield/news/x407168080/Marshfield-receives-1-25-million-seawall-grant?zc_p=1 Marshfield receives $1.25 million seawall grant] Marshfield Mariner, 14 January 2014
*[http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2013/08/19/coastal-areas-told-prepare-for-rising-seas/8PnIENBQski5W88fElLQ8O/story.html Sandy task force says spend now for future storms] Boston Globe, 20 August 2013.
*[http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/07/22/130722fa_fact_seabrook The Beach Builders: Can the Jersey Shore be saved?] The New Yorker, 22 July 2013.
* [http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/editorials/2013/04/27/environmental-concerns-not-taste-should-govern-movement-chappaquiddick-home/DszV0AgbAbPdiB1YE0HSxO/story.html Chappaquiddick mansion: Man vs. sea vs. neighbors] Boston Globe 28 April 2013.
* [http://www.wbur.org/2013/03/22/plum-island-beach-armoring Plum Island Homeowners Ignore State Regulations, Shore Up Homes] WBUR 22 March 2013.
* [http://www.pacificlegal.org/PLF-client-Vicki-Luhrs-wins-the-right-to-save-her-home-from-erosion ''Luhrs v. Whatcom County''] (March 2011) Press release from the Pacific Legal Foundation regarding a 2011 Washington State legal case where an individual homeowner successfully fought for the legal ability to build a stone revetment to secure the eroding coastal bluff at property edge, against the wishes of the county permitting bodies. Legal argument based on Washington State Constitution and statute.

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