NVCC » map http://www.nvcc.org.uk National Voice of Coastal Communities: giving coastal issues a voice Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:28:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 SMP Consultation Website http://www.nvcc.org.uk/2009/01/smp-consultation-website/ http://www.nvcc.org.uk/2009/01/smp-consultation-website/#comments Sun, 25 Jan 2009 10:32:51 +0000 jaydublu http://www.nvcc.org.uk/?p=305 Drs Richard Kingston and Adam Barker, University of Manchester’s School of Environment and Development, have launched a website where citizens and organisations can view maps showing how various coastal areas will likely be affected by rising seas. The maps also provide links to proposed policies for the North West England and North Wales Shoreline Management Plan as well as to a form for offering public comments on those proposals.

Dr Kingston said: “This project is about utilising new technology to make it easier for the public to engage with proposals to manage the changing coastline.

“It will provide invaluable help to the North West England and North Wales Coastal Group who are currently preparing a Shoreline Management Plan.

“The plan is the means by which the Coastal Group will determine the best way to look after the coast in a sustainable way for the next 100 years.

“It is essential that it adequately deals with the issues and concerns of the communities and businesses by using the best information available to them.

”If you don’t properly involve the public, then poorly developed and unpopular planning decisions will result.”

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