The Hidden Costs of Coastal Hazards 

In 2000, the Center released the results of a two-year project to help develop new strategies to identify and reduce the costs of weather-related hazards associated with rapidly increasing coastal development. The Hidden Costs of Coastal Hazards: Implications for Risk Assessment and Mitigation, published by Island Press in October 2000, takes a structured approach to the problem, suggesting a new framework for community-based hazard mitigation, and offering specific recommendations. Decision makers—both policymakers and planners—interested in the categories of costs and risk associated with coastal hazards have found the book a unique source of new information and insight, as have private sector decision makers, including lenders, investors, developers, and insurers of coastal property.

For The Hidden Costs of Coastal Hazards report, please visit our publications page.

For more information contact Sheila David, Project Manager.