APA Digital Coast Needs Assessment Survey

Needs: Data

Mid-Atlantic Region

TABLE 4i.

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 4i lists 21 possible data sets for which Mid-Atlantic 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 (56%);
2. Marine Jurisdictional Boundaries (48%);
3. Bathymetric Elevation (41%);
4. Benthic Environmental Data (34%);
5. Wages/Earnings by Business Sector (32%).

The six data sets (four tied for #3) with the highest percentage of respondents indicating they needed current data are:

1. Archaeological/Cultural Resources (71%);
2. Land Elevation (60%);
3. Benthic Environmental Data (42)%;
4. Building Quantities & Types (42%);
5. Coastal Habitat (42%); and
6. Marine Jurisdictional Boundaries (42%).

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

1. Aerial/Satellite Imagery (47%);
2. Land Cover and Land Cover Change (40%);
3. Building Quantities & Types (35%);
4. Land Use (35%); and
5. Weather/Climate Data (29%).

The six data sets (two tied for #5) with the highest percentage of respondents indicating they needed data projections are:

1. Relative Sea Level Rise (47%);
2. Risk Management Data (46%);
3. Shoreline Erosion (41%);
4. Population Counts (33%);
5. Population Attributes (32%); and
6. Weather/Climate Data (32%).