Coastal Development Indicator Matrix
| Category | Indicator |
Important for Coastal Managers |
Important for Managers |
Important for Govt. and Academic Research Scientists |
Important for Interested Public Members |
Scientifically Valid |
Responsive to Change |
Cause and Effect Link |
Accurate Data Available |
Relevant to Users |
Comparable Regionally |
Useful at Different Scales |
Comparable to Targets, Thresholds, or Standards |
Indicates a Condition (i.e. Not Just a Measurement) |
Particularly in focus for public (ie media attention) |
| Land Use |
Percent change in land cover to more intensive uses | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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| Demographic and Employment Density | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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| Average imperviousness per capita or other impervious surface indicator | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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| Types of land uses and change | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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| Demographic changes in municipalities that border saltwater | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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| Annual number of real estate transactions | |||||||||||||||
| Average size of riparian land units | |||||||||||||||
| Planning and Regulation |
Number of municipalities that engage in comprehensive planning | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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| Number of comprehensive local government land development ordinances in coastal watersheds | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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| Land management – needs more specific definition | |||||||||||||||
| Type, location, and pace of land conservation | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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| Restoration | Type, location, and pace of habitat restoration | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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| Increase in area of habitat types resulting from habitat restoration | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yse |
Yes |
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| Acreage of various types of habitat that have been restored | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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| Threatened/Endangered Species |
Integrity of coastal ecosystem for threatened/endangered coastal species | ||||||||||||||
| Status and trend of endangered and threatened species | |||||||||||||||
| Migratory Species |
Integrity of coastal ecosystem for migratory species | ||||||||||||||
| Status of certain migratory species | |||||||||||||||
| Invasive Species |
Integrity of coastal ecosystem for invasive species | ||||||||||||||
| Trends in invasive plants in wetland areas | |||||||||||||||
| Sewage | Volume of discharge from public wastewater treatment plants and other point sources | ||||||||||||||
| Volume of overboard discharges |