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Contents

• FOREWORD

1. SECTION 1
   • INTRODUCTION
   • 1.1 The Problem
   • 1.2 Government Initiatives
   • 1.3 The Need for an Integrated Planning Approach
   • 1.4 Government Specialist Advice
   • 1.5 Objective of the Manual

2. SECTION 2
   • THE COASTLINE HAZARD POLICY
   • 2.1 Policy Objectives
   • 2.2 Policy Provisions
   • 2.3 Policy Application
   • 2.4 The Merit Approach
   • 2.5 Legal Responsibility and Indemnity

3. SECTION 3
   • THE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
   • 3.1 Policy Implementation Objectives
   • 3.2 An Outline of the Management System
   • 3.3 Coastline Management Committee
   • 3.4 Coastal Process and Hazard Studies
     • 3.4.1 Process Studies
     • 3.4.2 Hazard Definition Studies
   • 3.5 Coastal Management Study
     • 3.5.1 Management Study
     • 3.5.2 Ownership Considerations and Extent of Study Area
     • 3.5.3 Aesthetic and Ecological Factors
     • 3.5.4 Recreational Amenity
     • 3.5.5 Dedication of Public Lands
     • 3.5.6 Social Issues
     • 3.5.7 Economic Issues
     • 3.5.8 Climate Change: Planning Under Uncertainty
   • 3.6 Coastline Management Plan
   • 3.7 Implementation

4. SECTION 4
   • ADMINISTRATION
   • 4.1 Local Councils
     • 4.1.1 General Responsibilities
       • (a) Coastline Management Plan
       • (b) Coastline Hazard Mitigation
       • (c) Hazard Awareness
       • (d) Beach Management
     • 4.1.2 Responsibilities Under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act
       • (a) General
       • (b) Environmental Impact Assessment
       • (c) Planning Instruments
       • (d) Development Applications
       • (e) Section 149 Certificates
   • 4.2 State Government
     • 4.2.1 The Public Works Department
     • 4.2.2 Soil Conservation Service
     • 4.2.3 The Department of Planning
     • 4.2.4 The Department of Lands
     • 4.2.5 The State Emergency Service
     • 4.2.6 The National Parks and Wildlife Service
     • 4.2.7 The Minister for Public Works
     • 4.2.8 The Department of Minerals and Energy
     • 4.2.9 The State Pollution Control Commission
     • 4.2.10 The Coastal Committee of NSW
     • 4.2.11 Universities
     • 4.2.12 Other Government Authorities
   • 4.3 Commonwealth Government
   • 4.4 Land and Environment Court
   • 4.5 Developers
   • 4.6 The Community
   • 4.7 Finance and Conditions for Government Grants
     • 4.7.1 Finance
     • 4.7.2 Conditions for Grants
     • 4.7.3 Income Generation for Management Works on Crown Land

5. SECTION 5
   • HAZARD MANAGEMENT OPTIONS
   • 5.1 Coastline Hazards
   • 5.2 Hazard Management Options
     • 5.2.1 Environmental Planning
       • (a) Buffer Zone
       • (b) Restrictive Zoning
       • (c) Planned Retreat
       • (d) Voluntary Purchase
     • 5.2.2 Development Control Conditions
       • (a) Building Setback
       • (b) Building Types
       • (c) Dune Protection
       • (d) Flood Mitigation
       • (e) Foundation Design
       • (f) Emergency Access
       • (g) Relocatable Buildings
       • (h) Planned Retreat
     • 5.2.3 Dune Management
       • (a) Dune Management Planning
       • (b) Community Involvement
       • (c) Dune Reconstruction
       • (d) Dune Revegetation
       • (e) Dune Protection
       • (f) Dune Maintenance
     • 5.2.4 Protective Works
       • (a) Seawalls
       • (b) Training Walls
       • (c) Groynes
       • (d) Beach Nourishment
       • (e) Offshore Breakwaters
       • (f) Artificial Headlands
       • (g) Configuration Dredging
   • 5.3 Selection of Management Options
     • 5.3.1 Low Development
       • (a) Environmental Planning
       • (b) Development Control Conditions
       • (c) Dune Management
       • (d) Protective Works
     • 5.3.2 High Development
       • (a) Protective Works
       • (b) Dune Management
       • (c) Development Control Conditions
       • (d) Environmental Planning

•  GLOSSARY
•  ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

• APPENDIX A:
  • NSW COASTLINE HAZARD POLICY

• APPENDIX B:
  • COASTLINE PROCESSES
  • B1 Interaction of Coastline Processes
  • B2 Background Information
  • B3 Storms
  • B4 Elevated Water Levels
  • B5 Waves
  • B6 Currents
  • B7 Waterborne Sediment Transport
  • B8 Dune Vegetation
  • B9 Windborne Sediment Transport
  • B10 Rainfall and Runoff
  • B11 Coastal Entrances
  • B12 Climate Change
  • B13 Human Activities
    

• APPENDIX C:
  • COASTLINE HAZARDS
  • C1 Preamble
  • C2 Beach Erosion Hazard
  • C3 Shoreline Recession Hazard
  • C4 Coastal Entrance Hazard
  • C5 Sand Drift Hazard
  • C6 Coastal Inundation Hazard
  • C7 Slope and Cliff Instability Hazard
  • C8 Stormwater Erosion Hazard
  • C9 The Hazards of Climate Change
  • C10 Hazards, Processes and Coastline Types

• APPENDIX D:
  • HAZARD MANAGEMENT OPTIONS
  • D1 Preamble
  • D2 Planning in New South Wales
  • D3 Environmental Planning Options
  • D4 Development Control Options
  • D5 Dune Management Options
  • D6 Protective Works Options
  • D7 The Management of Uncertainty

• DISCLAIMER