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RETREAT. ADAPT. DEFEND.Designing Community Response to Sea Level Rise in

Five Coastal Georgia Communities

A BLUEPRINTS FOR SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITIES PROJECT OF THE GEORGIA CONSERVANCY

WITH THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

FALL 2013



RETREAT. ADAPT. DEFEND.

Designing Community Response to Sea Level Rise in Five Coastal Georgia Communities



The Georgia Conservancy Blueprints Program

Blueprints for Successful Communities ( Blueprints ) is an 18-year-old sustainable community

design program of the Georgia Conservancy. In its 18 years, the Sustainable Growth program

has conducted over 30 community-based Blueprints planning projects in neighborhoods,communities, cities and counties focusing on issues surrounding natural resource protection,

green space accessibility, sustainable land use, and live-work connectivity. Typically, this process

is done in coordination with an academic partner; in this case, Georgia Institute of Technology’s

School of City and Regional Planning and the School of Architecture were engaged in the planning

process. In this document, the term “Blueprints Team” will mean the Georgia Conservancy, the

Georgia Tech studio team and participants listed in the back of the report. The Blueprints process

is one of the most highly respected planning processes in our state because of its inclusiveness,

transparency and technical quality.

We are Grateful to the Generous Donors who

Supported the RETREAT. ADAPT. DEFEND. Blueprints:

THIS REPORT WAS CREATED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

The School of City and Regional Planning

The School of Architecture

Georgia Institute of Technology

245 4th St. NW Atlanta, GA 30332



Our mission is to protect Georgia’s natural resources

for present and future generations by advocating sound

environmental policies, advancing sustainable growth

practices and facilitating common-ground solutions to

environmental challenges.

INTRODUCTION 4

EAST SAVANNAH GATEWAY 8

TYBEE ISLAND 16

CITY OF DARIEN 24

CITY OF BRUNSWICK 34

CITY OF ST. MARYS 40

CONCLUSIONS 50

PARTICIPANTS 52

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WETLANDS

MARSH

SWAMP FORESTS

SAND

UPLAND FORESTS

LOBLOLLY PINE/SWEETGUM

FOREST

HYDRIC HAMMOCK

OAK BOTTOMLAND FOREST

FRINGE EVERGREEN FOREST

BOTTOMLAND HARDWOOD

REGROWTH FOREST

SLASH PINE UPLAND FOREST

DEVELOPED

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