Does this USGS document make its case for a "systems-science" oriented comprehensive coastal plan?

Agency references in "A Plan for a Comprehensive Coastal Program to the capabilities of the United States Geological Survey:





"The USGS has a fundamental role, as a Federal agency, to ensure the standardization of information required for broad national application %26amp; to provide that information consistently across jurisdictional boundaries."





"The USGS has an unmatched capacity to integrate research %26amp; information across the scientific disciplines to address interdependent issues, to provide the regional context required to develop %26amp; assess local solutions %26amp; national priorities, %26amp; to maintain longterm research %26amp; monitoring efforts needed to identify %26amp; respond to critical and emerging issues."





If you are interested in the subject of climate change, rising sea levels, and how the U.S. is preparing for it, I suggest you read the whole document, 42 pages long.





Living on the west coast, in an area assessed as being between a medium to high risk, I want to know as much as I can.

Does this USGS document make its case for a "systems-science" oriented comprehensive coastal plan?
I have the 100 meter sea level rise map posted at my desk. I live on the east coast, and it just so happens that my properties are right near the line. I asked the college dept. if there was a USGS table of towns and cities with an exact elevation and coordinates, they said they didn't think so.





Are you aware of such a table? Thanks.





It's kind of an academic question, it will take thousands of years for Antarctica to melt, but it would be an interesting conversation piece, and who knows, maybe my descendants will still own the land.

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