Resilience & Adaptation
Climate Resilience and Adaptation – ICZM 2021 has been written to provide parishes, communities and environmental groups on the Manhood Peninsula with information and practical ideas about climate change issues affecting the peninsula.
The Manhood Peninsula is a prime example of a coastal area facing dynamic coastal and climate change together with an intractable transport problem due to its geography as a small, low-lying triangle of land on the south coast of England bordered by the open coast, two harbours of environmental significance locally, nationally and internationally, and the largest open coast managed realignment site in the UK. Long hours of sunshine, a mild climate, open landscape and big skies mean it has long been recognised as a desirable area to live, holiday, foster businesses and grow food. It has a thriving economy based on fishing, farming and tourism.
The future of the Manhood Peninsula is affected by two things: the changing physical environment and human constraints. The environmental changes consist of rising sea-levels that also impacts the inland water table, changes in storm frequency and rainfall intensity.
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Going Dutch
The first Going Dutch workshop (Going Dutch I) led to the formation of the MPP and outlined several ‘blue sky’ options for the future of the area, helping the community to understand the complexities and costs of coastal defence and spatial planning as well as helping local authorities and agencies appreciate the concerns and... Read More»
ICZM 2011 - Coastal Change Pathfinder
In late 2009 the Government awarded £11 million in grants to local authorities who demonstrated the best and most innovative ideas for dealing with and adapting to coastal change. To its delight, Chichester District Council was awarded £450,000 and and became part of the Coastal Change Pathfinder Project. The project began properly in May 2010 and continued until the end of June 2011. A total... Read More»
Sea's the Day
The ‘Sea’s the Day’ project was a partnership project between Selsey Town Council, Chichester District Council and the Fishermen of Selsey Bill. The project aimed to raise the profile of Selsey’s fishing industry in a historical context, but also to emphasise pressures on the current fishing industry from the perspectives of a changing economic scene and a changing climate.... Read More»