Vulnerability of the Cottesloe Foreshore to the Potential Impacts of Climate Change

The main aim of the Cottesloe Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment Project was to establish potential risk to existing key coastal infrastructure under a range of future climate scenarios. The overriding objectives to achieve this aim were:
 Analysis of contemporary coastal conditions (environmental conditions and resultant coastal change)
 Determination of scenarios for future climate change
 Prediction of impacts on the physical coastal environment
 Implications of physical change for existing infrastructure.
In addition, the possible strategic alternatives for adaptation were also considered.