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Costs Of Doing Nothing: Economic Consequences Of Not Adapting To Sea Level Rise In The Hampton Roads Region, Greg Van Houtven, Brooks Depro, Daniel Lapidus, Justine Allpress, Benjamin Lord, Virginia Coastal Policy Center, William & Mary Law School
Costs Of Doing Nothing: Economic Consequences Of Not Adapting To Sea Level Rise In The Hampton Roads Region, Greg Van Houtven, Brooks Depro, Daniel Lapidus, Justine Allpress, Benjamin Lord, Virginia Coastal Policy Center, William & Mary Law School
Virginia Coastal Policy Center
October of 2016 brought Hurricane Matthew to coastal Virginia, providing once again an illustration of the vulnerability of the Hampton Roads region and economy to the threats and impacts of flooding and the role of sea level rise in those impacts. The hurricane prompted Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe to state, “Climate change is real. Sea-level rise is happening. We’ve got to get into the game.” Indeed, sea level rise, combined with 14 to 17 inches of rain that fell in the region during the hurricane, damaged over 2,000 homes (many that were outside the flood zone and not covered by …