b'OPPORTUNITY LIVES HERESEA LEVEL RISEIn 2017, the Delaware Sea-Level Rise Technical Committee, developed seaWhile the maps on pages 54 and 55 depict specific types of flood risk, NOAAs level rise projections at different levels of probability, using a probabilisticCoastal Flood Exposure Map 7provides a composite measure (the Coastal Flood projection methodology developed by Robert Kopp et al. in 2014. The tableHazard Composite) to illustrate where multiple flood hazards overlap. It also below, Probability that Sea Level Rise in Delaware will Meet or Exceed Columnincludes layers for some demographics, physical development characteristics, Heading Value for Stated Years, is from the Delaware Sea-Level Rise Technicalenvironmentally sensitive or protected areas, and potential pollution sources.Committees Recommendations of Sea-Level Rise Planning Scenarios forThe Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Controls Delaware: Technical Report (2017). It displays the probability that SLR in(DNREC) Flood Planning Tool 8is another interactive web map of various Delaware will meet or exceed the given levels of inundation in the given years.geographic flood information that is intended to allow individuals to research Note that the probabilities are based on the Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) 8.5 scenario, 6relative to the mean sea level (MSL) for the yearthe flood risk of specific properties in Delaware. Unlike NOAAs map, this map 2000, and the gray shaded areas represent probabilities below 0.1% chance ofprovides parcel-level data. occurrence.Probability that Sea-Level Rise in Delaware will Meet or Exceed Column Heading Value for Stated Years*In the Study AreaYear 1.0 ft 2.0 ft 3.0 ft 4.0 ft 5.0 ft 6.0 ft 7.0 ft 8.0 ft 9.0 ft 10.0 ft0.30 m 0.61 m 0.91 m 1.22 m 1.52 m 1.83 m 2.13 m 2.44 m 2.74 m 3.05 m2020 0.1%2030 12%2040 51% 0.4%2050 80% 5.5% .02%2060 92% 25% 1.7% .02% 0.1%2070 96% 52% 8.2% 1.1% 0.2% 0.1%2080 98% 71% 24% 4.1% 1.0% 0.3% 0.1% 0.1%2090 98% 82% 43% 13% 3.2% 1.1% 0.4% 0.2% 0.1% 0.1%2100 98% 87% 58% 25% 8.5% 2.7% 1.2% 0.5% 0.3% 0.2%Based on Kopp et al. (2014) methodology under the RCP 8.5 greenhouse gas emission scenario, relative to 2000 MSL. Gray shadded areas have less than 0.1% chance of occurance. From Recommendations of Sea-Level Rise Planning Scenarios for Delaware: Technical Report, Table 4.4.6Representative Concentration Pathways are scenarios for the future trajectories of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere over the course of the 21st century. RCP 8.5 is the worst-case scenario and is considered unlikely. 7Coastal Flood Exposure Mapper, https://coast.noaa.gov/floodexposure/#-10575352,4439107,5z8Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, Flood Planning Tool, https://floodplanning.dnrec.delaware.gov/Delaware Three Rivers Area Economic Development Master Plan 56'