Coastal Hazard Management Plan: New Jersey's Shoreline Future Preparing for Tomorrow

摘要

Development of a 'State Shore Master Plan' is an essential tool in statewide planning that will become increasingly important to guide the development of the coastal zone to produce an enhancement of public safety and the reduction of storm-related losses. To produce this plan, a reassessment of the 1981 New Jersey Shore Protection Master Plan was conducted. This led to a change of emphasis from the engineering approaches of shoreline stabilization to a consideration of a much wider set of management strategies and options to provide for public safety and loss reduction from coastal storms. Short-term approaches will suffice to manage minor storm effects. Major storms will require the application of post-storm recovery programs that emphasize long-term mitigation of the effects of natural hazards. Reducing the exposure of people in high hazard coastal areas will be the primary objective of the 1996 Coastal Hazard Management Plan.