- Investigate habitat resilience and adaptability to climate change and sea-level rise in the long term. Undeveloped land of an appropriate elevation in relation to current and future tidal levels could be mapped and these areas zoned/designated future compensatory habitat areas, after the loss of low-lying habitat areas due to sea-level rise.
- Geotechnical assessment of the Moorpanyal cliff areas considering sea-level rise.
- Monitoring of the beaches in this location (e.g. profile surveys, photographs) is recommended to more closely document the rates of change along the shoreline. This will provide better background information to inform future assessments. Frequency of profiling will depend on available funds and resources, suggest teaming with DELWP, to determine how best to approach the monitoring and the methods. Generally, the following is recommended:
- profiling at the end of each season (or at least summer and winter), as well as after significant storm events
- 5 to10 profiles at key locations along the shoreline, where there is a significant change in the cliff or beach morphology and/or where there are levees and shore protection structures
- photographs of the shoreline taken at the same times as profiles are surveyed, preferably at fixed and known sites facing the same direction.
Implications for coastal management
Further studies
