This study identified and informed about hazards in a wide context. The next step in the coastal management process for the Bellarine will be to investigate the most at risk areas in terms of assets, both built and natural and determine and prioritise mitigation actions. Future tasks will likely include:
- Compilation of asset registers within the defined hazard areas and investigate the risk to key assets based on likelihood and consequence (AS/NZS ISO 31000:2009 Risk Management Techniques);
- Determination of options to manage and minimise the risk and evaluate these options using the quadruple bottom line method, considering technical, social, environmental and economic implications of each to determine a prioritised, costed and responsibility stated list of coastal management actions for State and local government as well as local land managers.
- Actions should be compiled into new coastal zone management plans for each area, which will address a wider range of coastal related issues (not just technical) or incorporated into revised versions of the current coastal management plans. Part of the review process should be the revisiting of previous management plan actions to determine which actions have and have not been undertaken and why, their effectiveness, and any implementation issues experienced by local managers. This will aid in informing and guiding future management practices. This is key to a process of effective adaptive management.
Further Work to Fill Data Gaps
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