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Coastal Planning
Coastal Planning
Coastal Planning
Land Use and Planning
Oregon's coast, with its rugged headlands and shifting beaches, along with its susceptibility to natural hazards and its endangered habitats, offers many land use planning challenges.
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The Oregon Coastal and Oceans...
Coastal areas of Oregon (and the rest of western North America) are particularly vulnerable to...
Photo credit: Randy Baumhover, Shore Acres State Park, Oregon (2014)
The term “biophysical”...
Photo Credit: Pat Kight, Oregon Sea Grant (2012)People receive many benefits from coastal and...
Photo Credit: NOAA, Marine Debris Program (2014)
Marine pollution can originate from land,...
