APA Digital Coast Needs Assessment Survey

Needs: Data

Atlantic Northeast Region

TABLE 3d.

a. Responses to Question #13 (What other data needs do you have to best support your planning practice/ analysis/research?) are provided in the Raw Survey Response Matrix.

Table 3d lists 21 possible data sets for which Atlantic Northeast coastal region respondents were asked to assess their needs to support their planning practice, analysis, and research.

The five data sets with the highest percentage of respondents indicating they had no need are:

1. Navigational (43%);
2. Bathymetric Elevation (33%);
3. Benthic Environmental Data (33%);
4. Marine Jurisdictional Boundaries (32%); and
5. Wages/Earnings by Business Sector (23%).

The five data sets with the highest percentage of respondents indicating they needed current data are:

1. Land Elevation (68%);
2. Archaeological/Cultural Resources (65%);
3. Marine Jurisdictional Boundaries (57%);
4. Building Quantities and Types (54%); and
5. Aerial/Satellite Imagery (51%). 

The five data sets with the highest percentage of respondents indicating they needed time-series data are:

1. Land Cover and Land Cover Change (44%);
2. Aerial/Satellite Imagery (37%);
3. Land Use (37%);
4. Building Quantities & Types (32%); and
5. Water Quality (32%).

The five data sets with the highest percentage of respondents indicating they needed data projections are:

1. Relative Sea Level Rise (44%);
2. Risk Management Data (39%);
3. Shoreline Erosion (32%);
4. Population Attributes (28%); and
5. Population Counts (28%).