For the Instructor

These student materials complement the Coastal Processes, Hazards and Society Instructor Materials. If you would like your students to have access to the student materials, we suggest you either point them at the Student Version which omits the framing pages with information designed for faculty (and this box). Or you can download these pages in several formats that you can include in your course website or local Learning Managment System. Learn more about using, modifying, and sharing InTeGrate teaching materials.

Initial Publication Date: December 7, 2016

Goals and Objectives

Goal

Students will be introduced to the idea of relocation of human landscapes in coastal environments due to repeated impacts from coastal hazards and continue to examine the rebuild versus retreat debate.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this lesson, you will:

investigate alternative methods for non-structural shoreline hazard mitigation, including managed retreat and multi-layered defenses;
explore the pros and cons, including cost-benefits of managed retreat case-studies and consider examples of communities facing retreat as an option and the factors leading to these decisions;
analyze hypothetical storm surge impacts on communities on the Louisiana coast from Google Earth and online tools;
formulate detailed recommendations for the future of a coastal community, using real examples from the Louisiana coast.

Lesson 8 Roadmap

	Assignment	Location
To Read	For this module, you will need to read all of the required materials here on the course site. In addition you should also read the following websites and make sure you are familiar with the content so you can complete the assignments and the active learning projects. We need to retreat from the Beach (link is external) Rebuild or Retreat from the Jersey Shore (link is external) Climate Adaption Knowledge Exchange (CAKE) Restoration and Managed Retreat of Pacifica State Beach Thinkprogress.org: Let it Flood Managed realignment for coastal protection, UK	All on the Web. Click title of the reading to link to the material.
To Do	BLENDED CLASS Formative Assessment: Louisiana Coastal Flooding Summative Assessment: Recommendations for the Louisiana coast	Complete Activate Your Learning online. There is nothing to submit. Submit Formative and Summative Assessments in attached word documents
To Do	ONLINE ONLY Summative Assessment: Assessment of and Recommendations for Louisiana Coastal Flooding	Complete Activate Your Learning online. There is nothing to submit. Submit Summative Assessment using the Module 8 Lab Assessment.

Assignment

Location

To Read

For this module, you will need to read all of the required materials here on the course site.
In addition you should also read the following websites and make sure you are familiar with the content so you can complete the assignments and the active learning projects.

We need to retreat from the Beach (link is external)

Rebuild or Retreat from the Jersey Shore (link is external)

Climate Adaption Knowledge Exchange (CAKE) Restoration and Managed Retreat of Pacifica State Beach

Thinkprogress.org: Let it Flood

Managed realignment for coastal protection, UK

All on the Web. Click title of the reading to link to the material.

To Do

BLENDED CLASS