addressing the challenges – planning for people at the coast - rob young, north norfolk dc, coast...
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Landscapes for Life - Conference 2013 - East of England. 16th - 18th July 2013TRANSCRIPT
Addressing the challenges – planning for people at the coast
Rob YoungCoast & Community Partnerships Manager
01263 516162
Rob YoungCoast & Community Partnerships Manager
01263 516162
A tale of two villages
The challenges
Wicked problems - common objectives
Uncomfortable knowledge - sound understanding
Clumsy mistakes - elegant solutions
The Dynamic Coast
Policy background
• Post-war defences for coastal settlements• Further development• 2003 policy change in response to ‘better’ understanding
of coastal processes and sea level rise• Reduced funding for coast defences• Coastal change impacts• No funding (or method) to manage coastal change• No compensation or mitigation• 2009 Coastal Change Pathfinder: to trial new ways for
communities to adapt to coastal change
Happisburgh: a euphemism for blight (or fight?)
1888
1905
1938
1992
2001
Photograph courtesy of Mike Page
Not the brick outhouse!
Removing and replacing houses that are imminently threatened by erosion
www.northnorfolk.org/coastal
Relocating Facilities and Establishing a ‘Buffer’
www.northnorfolk.org/coastal
Relocation of the Cliff Top Caravan Site
www.northnorfolk.org/coastal
Understanding and Recording Coastal Heritage
We can’t ignore change;
we must manage it - together
Three lessons:
Thank you
Rob YoungCoast & Community Partnerships Manager
01263 516162
Rob YoungCoast & Community Partnerships Manager
01263 516162