The Washington Coastal Resilience Project
Point of Contact
Ian Miller, immiller@uw.edu
Description
Coastal flooding, wave damage and shoreline erosion will increase as climate change continues to raise sea levels and create more severe storms along Washington’s coast.
Washington’s Coastal Resilience Project is a three-year effort to rapidly increase the state’s capacity to prepare for natural events that threaten the coast. The project will improve risk projections, provide better guidance for land use planners and strengthen capital investment programs for coastal restoration and infrastructure. These are the tools that coastal communities need to become more resilient to disasters.