Figure 1.3: The process of managing coastal hazards, including climate-change effects
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The process for managing coastal hazards can be broken down into eight steps, starting with definition of the problem and setting objectives. The next four steps comprise a risk assessment and include:
- establishing the context
- identifying the relevant coastal hazard and climate change risks
- analysing and evaluating these risks; and
- appraising the adaptation options.
At this point, because hazards are not constant (particularly those affected by global warming), it may be necessary to run through these steps again. This would then be followed by
- making a decision
- implementing the decision, and finally
- monitoring and review
Underlying each step is ongoing communication with stakeholders
This then takes you back to the start of the process and you would again, if necessary, define the problem and set objectives, and continue cycling through the subsequent steps, as before.
