Sentences with phrase «limit coastal development»

Just as we are now starting to see governments limit coastal development on erosian prone coastlines, do we need to stop some development in fire risk areas?

NC - 20 mounted a furious lobbying campaign, including publications from a range of climate change deniers, asserting that the sea level report would raise insurance rates, limit coastal development, and cause land values to decline.

Not exact matches

Although risks are distributed across all levels of economic development, wealthy countries effectively limit their present - day threat by gross domestic product — enabled infrastructure and coastal defense investments.

Armed with a 168 - slide PowerPoint and a message that resonates with North Carolina's conservative Legislature, John Droz has notched a remarkable record fighting sea - rise science, coastal development limits and renewable energy plans

«Policymakers in several countries, especially in coastal cities, are aware of the issue to some extent, but overall awareness on options to address sea - level rise is much [more] limited,» said Ancha Srinivasan, principal climate change specialist at the Asian Development Bank in Manila, Philippines.

We thus decide how to manage the coastal zone and how to impose limits on development.