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Coastal Hazards: Resources
The resources listed below provide more information about coastal hazards and how to prepare for and mitigate the impacts of coastal hazard events.
NOAA Programs and Resources
- Protecting the Public Interest through the National Coastal Zone Management Program: How Coastal States and Territories Use No-Build Areas along Ocean and Great Lake Shorefronts
- OCRM Shoreline Management Technical Assistance Toolbox
- Adapting to Climate Change: A Planning Guide for State Coastal Managers
- Coastal Services Center
- National Hurricane Center
- StormReady Community Program
- NOAA Tsunami Website
- TsunamiReady Community Program
- NOAA’s El Nino Page
- National Sea Grant Library—Coastal Hazards
Other Relevant Programs and Resources
- Human Links to Coastal Disasters (H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment, 2002)
- Natural Hazard Mitigation Saves: An Independent Study to Assess the Future Savings from Mitigation Activities (Multihazard Mitigation Council, 2005)
- National Hurricane Program
- National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Mitigation
- Coastal Flood Hazard Technical Resources Page
- National Flood Insurance Program
- Mitigation Best Practices Portfolio
- Mitigation Assessment Team Reports
- U.S. Geological Survey
- Association of State Floodplain Managers
- Coastal Hazards Information Clearinghouse (Western Carolina University)
- Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center (Texas A&M University)
- Natural Hazards Center (University of Colorado)
- Hazards and Vulnerability Research Institute (University of South Carolina)
- Disaster Research Center (University of Delaware)
- Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety