Below is a directory of policy & technical reports and publications focused on the topic of Climate Change and Coastal Studies, produced by USC Sea Grant or USC Sea Grant-funded research.
Research Publications
Pathways to resilience: adapting to sea level rise in Los Angeles
Citation: Aerts, J. C., Barnard, P. L., Botzen, W. , Grifman, P. , Hart, J. F., Moel, H. , Mann, A. N., Ruig, L. T. and Sadrpour, N. (2018), Pathways to resilience: adapting to sea level rise in Los Angeles. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci., 1427: 1-90. doi:10.1111/nyas.13917
Policy and Technical Reports
A Community Guide to Coastal Adaptation Legal Issues in California
Citation: Craig, R.K., Cordero, J., Hoyt, H. (2024). A Community Guidebook to Coastal Adaptation Legal Issues in California. University of Southern California Sea Grant. Publication number: USCSG-TR-01-2024.
Assessing the Geographic Variability in Vulnerability to Climate Change and Coastal Hazards in Los Angeles County, California
Citation: Fleming, C.S., S.D. Regan, A. Freitag, and H. Burkart. 2020. Assessing the Geographic Variability in Vulnerability to Climate Change and Coastal Hazards in Los Angeles County, California. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 275. Silver Spring, MD. 172 pp. DOI: 10.25923/mgca-hc06
Regional AdaptLA Executive Summary and Technical Report: Results from the Local Coastal Program Sea Level Rise Grant Program
Citation: P. M. Grifman, A. G. Newton Mann, N. Sadrpour. January 5, 2017. University of Southern California Sea Grant Program. Publication number: USCSG-TR-01-2017
The Stakes are Rising: Lessons on Engaging Coastal Communities on Climate Adaptation in Southern California
Citation: Newton Mann, A.G., P. Grifman, J.F. Hart. (2017) The Stakes are Rising: Lessons on Engaging Coastal Communities on Climate Adaptation in Southern California. Cities and the Environment Journal (CATE), Digital Commons @ Loyola Marymount University and Loyola Law School.
Growing Effort, Growing Challenge: Findings from the 2016 California Coastal Adaptation Needs Assessment
Citation: Moser, Susanne C. (Susanne Moser Research & Consulting), Finzi Hart, Juliette A. (USGS), Newton Mann, Alyssa G. (formerly University of Southern California Sea Grant, currently The Nature Conservancy), Sadrpour, Nick, and Grifman, Phyllis M. (University of Southern California Sea Grant) 2018. Growing Effort, Growing Challenge: Findings from the 2016 CA Coastal Adaptation Needs Assessment Survey. California’s Fourth Climate Change Assessment, California Natural Resources Agency.
Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Study for the City of Los Angeles
Citation: Grifman, P. M., J. F. Hart, J. Ladwig, A. G. Newton Mann, M. Schulhof. (2013) Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Study for the City of Los Angeles. USCSG-TR-05-2013.
California Estuarine Wetland Monitoring Manual (Level 3)
Citation: Johnston, K., I. Medel, C. Whitcraft, J. Crooks, M. Grubbs, S. Anderson, K. Uyeda, E. Stein, and C. Enyart. 2020. California Estuarine Wetland Monitoring Manual (Level 3) V2. Prepared by The Bay Foundation and partners for the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
Planning to adaptation: Informing regional nature-based adaptation to improve coastal resiliency in Santa Monica Bay
Citation: Phyllis Grifman, Melodie Grubbs, and Karina Johnston, 2020. “Planning to adaptation: Informing regional nature-based adaptation to improve coastal resiliency in Santa Monica Bay”, Shore & Beach, 88(3), 39-52.
California Climate Change Adaptation Needs Assessment Survey
Citation: Finzi Hart, J. A., P. M. Grifman, S. C. Moser, A. Abeles, M. R. Myers, S. C. Schlosser, J. A. Ekstrom (2012) Rising to the Challenge: Results of the 2011 Coastal California Adaptation Needs Assessment. USCSG-TR-01-2012.
Stormwater Mitigation for Architects and Developers
Judith D. Lemus, Ph.D., Joseph Devinny, Ph.D., Achva Stein, ASLA, Sourojit Dhar, and Fethiye Ozis
Local Population Impacts and Mitigation of Sea Level Rise
Maurice D. Van Arsdol, Jr., et. al.
