by Katie Peek | Sep 13, 2018 | All stories, Coastal News, Events in the News, North Carolina Coastal News, Policy, Published Items, Reports, Research
“…the coastal vulnerability assessment show that over two-thirds of the infrastructure evaluated at Cape Lookout have high vulnerability to coastal hazards, and have a combined replacement value of over $40 million.” Read the update here.
by Katie Peek | Mar 29, 2017 | All stories
North Carolina already protects its coast with a similar formula, said Robert Young, professor of coastal geology at Western Carolina University. Read more here
by Katie Peek | Aug 25, 2016 | All stories
Shorelines program heads into its 10th year on WCU campus Hardly a day goes by that a staff member from Western Carolina University’s Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines isn’t asked how such a program ended up in the mountains of Western North Carolina. Read...
by Katie Peek | Aug 25, 2016 | All stories
Marine life dwindles after beach renourishment at Folly, report says “We need to be able to quantify those impacts,’’ said Young, who heads the Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines at Western Carolina. Ready more from The State here
by Katie Peek | Aug 25, 2016 | All stories
Four years after Sandy, the coastal real estate market is recovering “There’s usually very little thought given to whether it actually makes sense to keep rebuilding in these areas,” says Young, who is director of the Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines at...
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