Adapting to Rising Tides BAY AREA Regional Sea Level Rise Vulnerability and Adaptation Study MARCH 2020 Adapting to Rising Tides BAY AREA Regional Sea Level Rise Vulnerability and Adaptation Study MARCH 2020 Prepared by Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) In Partnership With California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), Metropolitan Transportation Commission/Association of Bay Area Governments (MTC/ABAG), and Bay Area Regional Collaborative (BARC) SUGGESTED CITATION Adapting to Rising Tides 2020. Adapting to Rising Tides Bay Area: Regional Sea Level Rise Vulnerability and Adaptation Study. Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) and Metropolitan Transportation Commission/Association of Bay Area Governments (MTC/ABAG), San Francisco CA. REPORT AVAILABILITY Report is available on bcdc.ca.gov and adaptingtorisingtides.org/artbayarea and mtc-abag-library.softlinkliberty.net REPORT DESIGN AND PRODUCTION Jaclyn Mandoske, BCDC, and Samantha Cohen, BCDC, with assistance from the San Francisco Estuary Institute COVER AND FRONT MATTER CREDITS Photographs, front cover, clockwise, starting upper right): birds at Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve by Stanislav Sedov, CC BY 2.0; silhouettes along the water, San Francisco, by Thomas Hawk, CC BY 2.0; Amtrak train along Martinez shoreline, by Cadet Wilson; San Francisco and East Bay, Jitze Couperus, CC BY 2.0. ACCESSIBILITY This document has been created to meet Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Level AA Requirements to the extent feasible. We acknowledge parts of this document may still require additional assistance. Please contact us at BCDC at: 415-352-3600 Bay Area Metro Center (375 Beale St., Suite 510, San Francisco, CA 94105)
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