A Three-Legged Stool on Two Legs: Recent Federal Law Related to Local Climate Resilience Planning and Zoning

Storms and other extreme weather events are increasing in frequency and severity.9 Indeed, many communities are already experiencing climate change related threats, including eroding shores, more massive storm surges, more severe storms, salt water intrusion, loss of land, heat waves, droughts, and...

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Published in:The Urban lawyer 2015-06, Vol.47 (3), p.525-542
Main Authors: Adams-Schoen, Sarah, Thomas, Edward
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
City planning and redevelopment law
Climate change
Emissions
Environmental remediation
Floods
Global warming
Laws, regulations and rules
Political aspects
Sea level
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Summary:Storms and other extreme weather events are increasing in frequency and severity.9 Indeed, many communities are already experiencing climate change related threats, including eroding shores, more massive storm surges, more severe storms, salt water intrusion, loss of land, heat waves, droughts, and other extreme weather conditions.10 As Strauss et al. of Climate Central observe with respect to the New York City metropolitan area: [E]very coastal flood today is already wider, deeper and more damaging because of the roughly 8 inches (IPCC 2013) of warming-driven global sea level rise that has taken place since 1900.
ISSN:0042-0905
1942-6593