These maps were prepared to accompany an article in Environmental Research Letters—
J G Titus, D E Hudgens, D L Trescott, M Craghan, W H Nuckols, C H Hershner, J M Kassakian, C J Linn, P G Merritt, T M McCue, J F O'Connell, J Tanski, and J Wang. (2009). State and local governments plan for development of most land vulnerable to rising sea level along the US Atlantic coast. Environmental Research Letters, 4 (October-December 2009) 044008.
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Maps from the ERL article
High resolution versions of all 25 maps in the ERL article and its online supplementary material (38 MB .zip)
State maps for the U.S. East Coast (MA–FL), .zipped together
Statewide planning maps (29 MB .zip)
State and local maps, .zipped together by state
MA Planning Maps (35 MB .zip)
RI Planning Maps (14 MB .zip)
CT Planning Maps (9 MB .zip)
NY Planning Maps (59 MB .zip)
NJ Planning Maps (69 MB)
The component maps can also be downloaded as 2–4 MB JPEG's:
- N.J. Statewide
- Northern Counties:
Bergen - Hudson Co. - Essex - Union - Middlesex - Atlantic Ocean Counties:
Monmouth - Ocean - Burlington east - Atlantic - Cape May - Delaware River Counties:
Cumberland - Salem - Gloucester - Camden - Burlington west - Regions:
Hudson River - Greater NYC - Delaware Bay - Delaware River
PA Planning Maps (14 MB .zip)
DE Planning Maps (28 MB .zip)
MD Planning Maps (54 MB .zip)
DC Planning Map (4 MB JPEG)
VA Planning Maps (66 MB .zip)
NC Planning Maps (71 MB .zip)
SC Planning Maps (55 MB .zip)
GA Planning Maps (25 MB .zip)
FL Planning Maps, Atlantic coast (42 MB .zip)
Related maps
These were not included in the ERL paper, but contain similar information.
TX Planning Maps (9 MB .zip)