Threatened Oceanfront Structures �on the Outer Banks
Shape of the Coast Symposium – November 15, 2024
Presented by Julie Furr Youngman and Liz Rasheed
Student research assistance by:
Mary Peyton Brown, Duke University School of Law
Threatened Oceanfront Structures
Photo by National Park Service, Rodanthe, NC, May 28, 2024.
North Carolina Coastline
Threatened Oceanfront Structures
Photo by National Park Service, Rodanthe, NC, Sept. 20, 2024.
Photo by National Park Service, Rodanthe, NC, May 28, 2024.
Threatened Oceanfront Structures
Photo by National Park Service, debris, Rodanthe, May 28, 2024.
Photo by National Park Service, exposed septic tanks at Rodanthe, Sept. 20, 2024.
Environmental Impacts
Photo by Troy Mayne, WWF.
Photo: JAMSTEC [De S. Chiba]
Rodanthe Shoreline Erosion: 1946-2020
Managing Threatened Oceanfront Structures: Ideas from an Interagency Work Group
Long-term Idea #3
“Consider authorizing a new state program with funding dedicated to addressing threatened oceanfront structures.”
New Jersey’s Blue Acres Program
New Jersey’s Blue Acres Program
Photo: New Jersey Dept. of Environmental Protection
New Jersey’s Blue Acres Program
Photo: Getty Images
Photo: Getty Images
New York’s Blue Buffers Program
New York’s Blue Buffers Program
Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Photo: Getty Images
Washington’s Floodplains by Design
Washington’s Floodplains by Design
Photo: Getty Images
Hawaii’s Managed Retreat Report
Hawaii’s Managed Retreat Report
Photo: Hawaii DLNR
Photo: Getty Images
California’s Sea Level Rise Revolving Loan Program
California’s Sea Level Rise Revolving Loan Program
Photo: Getty Images
Photo: Getty Images
Federal legislation
H.R. 8637�
Title:
“To make protection against damage and loss resulting from the erosion and undermining of shorelines available under the National Flood Insurance Program”
Would make NFIP proceeds available to incentive demolition or relocation before collapse.