Respondents' data needs for planning practice/analysis/research (Question #12)a: West Coast

DATA SET	None		Current Data		Time-Series Data		Data Projections		TOTAL
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Aerial/Satellite Imagery	11	5	119	53	74	33	19	9	223	100
Archaeological/Cultural Resources	38	17	138	62	39	17	8	4	223	100
Bathymetric Elevation (depth of lake or ocean floors)	111	50	78	35	20	9	14	6	223	100
Benthic Environmental Data (bottom of rivers, lakes, or oceans)	103	46	86	39	25	11	9	4	223	100
Building Quantities & Types (commercial, industrial, residential)	20	9	105	47	66	30	32	14	223	100
Coastal Habitat	37	17	115	52	47	21	24	11	223	100
Economic Output by Business Sector	34	15	78	35	57	26	54	24	223	100
Employment by Business Sector	32	14	77	35	57	26	57	26	223	100
Land Cover and Land Cover Change	16	7	63	28	112	50	32	14	223	100
Land Use	12	5	87	39	76	34	48	22	223	100
Land Elevation	26	12	153	69	25	11	19	9	223	100
Marine Jurisdictional Boundaries	79	35	130	58	8	4	6	3	223	100
Navigational	111	50	101	45	7	3	4	2	223	100
Population Attributes (age, race, education, etc.)	23	10	77	35	58	26	65	29	223	100
Population Counts	23	10	80	36	55	25	65	29	223	100
Relative Sea Level Rise	53	24	28	13	50	22	92	41	223	100
Risk Management Data (e.g. storm surge, floodplain, etc.)	24	11	84	38	41	18	74	33	223	100
Shoreline Erosion	43	19	43	19	71	32	66	30	223	100
Wages/Earnings by Business Sector	52	23	75	34	45	20	51	23	223	100
Water Quality	28	13	110	49	64	29	21	9	223	100
Weather/Climate Data	38	17	66	30	61	27	58	26	223	100

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 4k lists 21 data sets for which West Coast coastal region respondents were asked to identify needs to support planning practice, analysis, and research.

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

Bathymetric Elevation (50%);

Navigational (50%);

Benthic Environmental Data (46%);

Marine Jurisdictional Boundaries (35%); and

Relative Sea Level Rise (24%).

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

Land Elevation (69%);

Archaeological/Cultural Resources (62%);

Marine Jurisdictional Boundaries (58%);

Aerial/Satellite Imagery (53%); and

Coastal Habitat (52%).

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

Land Cover and Land Cover Change (50%);

Land Use (34%);

Aerial/Satellite Imagery (33%);

Shoreline Erosion (32%); and

Building Quantities & Types (30%).

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

Relative Sea Level Rise (41%);

Risk Management Data (33%);

Shoreline Erosion (30%);

Population Attributes (29%); and

Population Counts (29%).

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