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Coastal setbacks

  • Institut de recherche pour le développement

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    Country of registration
    France
    Relation to CTCN
    Network Member
    Sector(s) of expertise
    Agriculture
    Early warning and Environmental assessment
    Renewable energy
    Forestry
    Marine and Fisheries
    Water

    IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (Research Institute for Development) - is a research organization based in France that is working with its partners in the South to address international development issues.

  • Coastal setbacks

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    Objective
    Adaptation
    Sectors
    Water

    To access the full technology description, please refer to the Document link above

    Summary:

    Coastal setbacks are a prescribed distance to a coastal feature, such as a line of permanent vegetation, within which all or certain types of development are prohibited (Cambers 1998). A setback may dictate a minimum distance from the shoreline for new buildings or infrastructure facilities, or may require a minimum elevation above sea level for development. Elevation setbacks are used to adapt to coastal flooding, while lateral setbacks address coastal erosion.

  • Coastal buffer zones

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    Coastal setbacks
    Coastal setbacks

    JBA Consulting include engineers, environmental consultants, scientists and designers, managing weather and environmental risks and opportunities for  clients. They work across the following key service streams, providing services to clients in core sectors including government and regulatory, energy, sustainable development, third sector, transport and infrastructure and utilities. The service streams include marine and coastal risk management, engineering, environmental management, flood and water management and software development.