SCOPAC papers, publications & video animations
SCOPAC Coastal Landfill Study
Coastal Flooding, Erosion and Funding Assessment
Published April 2019
There are 144 historic coastal landfill sites across the 18 SCOPAC Local Authorities, and around 1200 in England as a whole, that are at risk of coastal flooding and erosion. This desk-based study undertook a review of possible funding sources for future containment of these sites, and includes 7 case studies from across the SCOPAC region.
Download the Report (PDF, 5Mb)
Download the project Infographic (PDF)
SCOPAC and The Southern Coastal Group
The importance of working together
Launched March 2019
This document has been developed to showcase the work of SCOPAC and the SCG and to illustrate why now, more than ever, the continuation and reinvigoration of the groups is paramount to ensure we continue to work together effectively to face these new challenges.
Download the SCOPAC & SCG Booklet (PDF, 7Mb).
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SCOPAC Storm Summary 2014
Download the document (PDF, 10Mb)
SCOPAC Non-Technical Guide to Coastal Risk Management (2nd edition)
Launched at the House of Commons, April 2009
The eighty page guide was written by Professor Robin McInnes OBE, Chairman of SCOPAC’s Technical Officer Group 1995-2009, and updates an earlier version by the same author, first published in 2004.
ACCESS Study Project Report
Adapting to Coastal Change along England’s Southern Shorelines
Launched November 2011
This project addressed the need for more refined assessments of the methodologies currently applied in Shoreline Management Plans and Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Strategies to ascertain coastal erosion risk and identify and value the assets at risk, looking ahead over the next one hundred years.
Download the ACCESS project report (PDF, 5Mb).
Launch event details & presentations
Preparing for the Impacts of Climate Change
Summary Report 2001
SCOPAC commissioned this research study in the belief that “the question of climate change impacts is probably the most important issue to be faced by coastal local authorities and communities they represent, alongside other organisations, in the coastal zone.”
Coastline evolution – animations
Illustrating the most likely coastal change scenario over the last 125,000 years as sea level rise and coastal erosion shapes southern England as we know it today.
Animation centering on the Isle of Wight and Solent River basin
Animation centering on the coastline from Lyme Regis to Portland