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The Ocean and Coastal Policy Center’s current research focus spans three areas: coastal resilience, environmental justice and public beach access, and international knowledge transfer.
California’s iconic shoreline from its communities and beaches to coastal wetlands and intertidal habitats is increasingly threatened by coastal hazards such as extreme flooding and erosion associated with climate change, sea level rise, storms and el niño events.
Indeed, Santa Barbara County is all too familiar with the issues posed by erosion, inundation and extreme events.
Practical and effective solutions are needed to help communities address the accelerating social, economic and environmental challenges driven by climate change. Lester plans to develop the center into a resource that can help guide our response to these challenges.
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UC Santa Barbara expands its leadership on coastal issues with revival of Ocean & Coastal Policy Center within Marine Science
UC Santa Barbara expands its leadership on coastal issues with revival of Ocean & Coastal Policy Center within the Marine Science Institute
By Harrison Tasoff
Santa Barbara, CA
Few institutions have a closer connection to coastal policy than UC Santa Barbara, perched as it is upon the bluffs at Campus Point. Add to this the response to the 1969 oil spill, which birthed the modern environmental movement, and it’s no wonder the university has gone on to foster a preeminent community of researchers studying marine and coastal issues.