Enabling stakeholders in Moroccan coastal management to develop sustainable climate change adaptation policies and plans : final report (28th March 2007 to 28th August 2010)

Abstract

Sea level rise, and the expected increase in impacts from associated extreme weather events such as coastal flooding and storm surges, is a highly challenging, strategic public policy issue. The concentration of human population, valuable resources and economic infrastructure in coastal zones, coupled with pressures arising from demographic growth and imperatives for economic development and the dynamics of coastal systems, create diverse and complex problems in planning sustainable development and land use strategies. In areas such as Morocco’s North East Mediterranean coast, planners, local authorities, and other stakeholders require tools and information to identify vulnerabilities, select land-use options, and develop and deliberate over adaptation strategies in order to formulate strategic coastal planning policies...