One English Town’s Innovative Response To Sea Level Rise
▻http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/04/09/3422063/england-town-sea-level-rise
The U.K.’s Environment Agency is experimenting with a kind of coordinated retreat for the hardest to defend coastal areas, a tactic referred to as managed coastal realignment. It’s a controversial approach for a relatively small island nation. But the recent wild winter storms are starting to change attitudes — strategic surrender suddenly seems like it may be the smart, sustainable solution.
