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A team from UH Mānoa earned an honorable mention award in the urban design category from American Planning Association Hawaiʻi Chapter.

The UH Community Design Center and its project partners were awarded $350,000 to develop a framework for future Waikīkī resilience and a sea-level rise adaptation plan.

Experts say an understanding of the tourist capacity limits for local communities in the islands would help inform policies.

UH research “Envisioning Sea Level Rise Adaptation in Waikiki, Hawaiʻi,” received an honorable mention at the AIA Honors and Design Awards.

Members of the hui say that planning against Hawaii's encroaching shorelines has been "piecemeal" and "reactionary" so far.

Erosion continues to affect homes all over the islands especially for some on Oahus north shore.Experts said almost 1/3 of the beach homes there are likely to eventually fall into

In a precursor of business decisions that will become more common, members of the Outrigger Canoe Club have rejected a proposal to extend the club's lease with its landlord beyond 2055 due to concerns about sea level rise.

Hawaiʻi Sea Grant is hosting two free online webinars on how to conduct dune restoration projects, August 22.

It’s been a week since a massive wave event sent surf hurling onto Oʻahu's south shores. The Conversation surveyed the Waikīkī shoreline with University of Hawaiʻi hydrologist Shellie Habel and coastal geologist Dolan Eversole.

A restoration project at a popular Hawai‘i beach has garnered national accolades.The Waikīkī Beach Maintenance Project won an award for best restored beach from the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association. The project was one of four beach restoration projects recently honored by the association. Projects were judged on their economic and ecological benefits, short- and long-term success and the challenges a community overcame during the project.