Coastal Communities Adaptation

A resource for Scottish coastal communities

Your decision making routemap

A ‘route map’ is just a way of understanding when and how decisions need to be made about responding to the coastal changes we are experiencing.

Use the following questions to help develop a route map.

Information sources

  • Where do you currently get information about coastal change?
  • How does information flow? What information is most urgently needed when it comes to coastal change?
  • What information do you wish you had access to?
  • What stops you from accessing information you need?

Decision making

  • How do things get decided here?
  • Who are the key players in getting things done on the ground?
  • Who would need to be involved in coastal planning?
  • What’s worked well for the community in the past?
  • What stops decisions being made, or leading to action?
  • How can communities influence broader decisions

Think about

  • Formal information sources (Local Authority, SEPA, police, etc)
  • Informal sources (neighbours, social media, local groups)
  • Trusted voices – who do people really listen to?
  • Information gaps - what’s missing?

Think about

  • Community development plans
  • Local Place Plans
  • Local Authority Coastal Change Adaptation Plans
  • End of lease periods
  • Infrastructure renewal plans
  • Community transfer of assets, change of land ownership