Kailua beach and dune management plan

This management plan focuses in the Kailua Beach is located on the windward (eastern) shore of the island of Oahu, Hawaii. While Kailua Beach is relatively stable, it is still at risk from a number of threats including overdevelopment and sea level rise. The plan is intended to provide long-term recommendations and strategies for adapting to climate change.

The management plan gives five keys recommendations:

The goal of this collaboration is to improve the Kailua community’s resilience to climate change through understanding of climate change impacts on Kailua Beach, and facilitate better-informed decision-making. The hope is that this project may be integrated into a series of regional beach management district plans for the windward side of Oahu, and provide a template for statewide climate change adaptation policy.