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Periodicals
This bimonthly trade publication brings new ideas to coastal resource management programs.
Special Editions - Local Strategies for Addressing Climate Change: Volume 1 and Volume 2
Digital Coast Connections - A monthly newsletter
Showcasing products and services available from the Digital Coast Partnership and NOAA Coastal Services Center. Choose a PDF version below or Subscribe.
A quarterly newsletter that provides information about the Coastal Management Fellowship Program.
Describes the products and services offered by the NOAA Coastal Services Center.
Publications
Provides basic information about remote sensing technology and illustrates how it is used to address coastal issues.
Incorporating Sea Level Change Scenarios at the Local Level
Outlines eight steps to help communities calculate sea level change scenarios and communicate impacts.
Introduction to Conducting Focus Groups
Introduction to key elements and practices that will increase the success of a focus group effort.
Introduction to Economics for Coastal Managers
Basic economic concepts and methods are provided and explanations on how economics can be used to improve coastal resource management
Introduction to Planning and Facilitating Effective Meetings
Simple strategies for planning and facilitating effective meetings.
Introduction to Stakeholder Participation
Important principles and commonly used techniques for engaging stakeholders in coastal resource management.
Introduction to Survey Design and Delivery
Insight into the various types of survey methods and techniques used by coastal resource managers.
Marine Managed Areas: Best Practices for Boundary Making
Provides step-by-step best practices and tips for those charged with developing and mapping marine boundaries.
Provides a basic understanding of parameters, uncertainties, and appropriate uses of model results depicting potential future impacts of sea level rise on coastal wetlands.
Planning for Meaningful Evaluation
Describes a process for planning for an evaluation of a project or program.
Preparing to Write Your Strategic Plan
A multi-step process to systematically assess the direction and priorities of an organization.
Stakeholder Engagement Strategies for Participatory Mapping
Simple strategies for facilitators leading a participatory mapping process.
Using Photorealistic Visualizations
Guidance and examples on using simulated images to communicate coastal issues.
Reports
NOAA Report on the Ocean and Great Lakes Economy of the United States
Report and accompanying infographics examine and visually illustrate the economic contributions of the oceans and Great Lakes.
The Role of Land Use in Adaptation to Increased Precipitation and Flooding
Examines how strategically protecting natural lands and open space can reduce damages from flooding and also provide environmental and social benefit.
Includes themes and key messages to help planners communicate the value and benefits of incorporating hazard mitigation in comprehensive planning.
Risk Behavior and Risk Communication: Synthesis and Expert Interviews
Provides information about the science of behavior in the face of coastal hazards.
A handout that covers the complexity of behavior in the face of risk and offers best practices for risk communication.
Coastal Resource Management Customer Survey
Constituents of the NOAA Coastal Services Center are polled regarding their needs and capabilities.
Human Use Mapping in the Marine and Coastal Zone
This report provides a review and summary of the relevant literature, methods and approaches for mapping human uses.
Marine Spatial Planning Stakeholder Analysis
Provides current information on the audiences involved in coastal and marine spatial planning.
Guidance for Benthic Habitat Mapping
Includes the resources and procedures used to develop reliable benthic habitat information.
Hazard and Resiliency Planning: Perceived Benefits and Barriers Among Land Use Planners
A report that explored and documented the factors underlying specific coastal hazards risk and resilience related behaviors among local land-use planners in coastal zones of four of the NOAA regions.
Storm Surge Social Science Project
A report on the processes by which various audiences receive, interpret, and use storm surge data.
Websites
Points users to the time-sensitive information needed before, during, and after a storm.
Explains the best way to access and use NOAA’s storm-related data and information.
Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning Website
Helps people understand this concept and advance its implementation.
An interagency portal focused on the human dimensions of natural resource management.