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REPORTS
Highland Avenue Corridor Study
1/12/21
10/10/20
Salem Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) Report & MVP Risk Matrix
-Salem Sound Coast Watch
3/18/20
ARTICLES
Judge’s ruling could have ramifications for coastal development in Mass.
Tim Logan
The Boston Globe
April 2, 2021
Miami Says It Can Adapt to Rising Seas. Not Everyone Is Convinced.
Christopher Flavelle & Patricia Mazzei
The New York Times
3/2/21
Rising Seas Predicted to Flood Thousands of Affordable Housing Units by 2050
Researchers mapped where coastal homes
could flood in the US
-Justine Calma, The Verge
12/1/20
Americans Back Tough Limits on Building in Fire & Flood Zones
A majority support outright bans on construction in disaster-prone areas, as well as paying people to move, researchers say — policies that local governments have been reluctant to adopt.
-Christopher Flavelle, New York Times
9/4/20
Millions of Homes Face Substantial Flood Risk — Far More Than Previously Predicted, Study Finds
7/2/20
The Biggest Problem with Opportunity Zones
The incentive program promised to help underserved communities. Instead, its tax breaks have disproportionately benefited wealthy investors, a new study finds.
-Alex Wittenberg, The Bloomberg Report
6/25/20
New Study Compares Floodplain Protection Today to Predicted Flood Losses
Every $1 invested to protect floodplains saves at least $5 in potential future flood damages.
-The Nature Conservancy
12/09/19
Build More Housing’ Is No Match for Inequality
A new analysis finds that liberalizing zoning rules and building more won’t solve the urban affordability crisis, and could exacerbate it.
-Richard Florida, The Planning Report
5/9/19
Building Housing on Flood Plains
Another Sign of Growing Inequality
-Deborah de Lange, The Conversation
8/21/18