Cost of Climate Change: Nuisance flooding adds up for Annapolis' historic city dock
by Nicholas Kusnetz 1 Mar 2019 15:06 UTC
Businesses in Annapolis' City Dock neighborhood face dozens of days of nuisance flooding every year. A new study estimates the economic impact © Matt Rath / Chesapeake Bay Program
Sea level rise is eating into the revenue of this quaint coastal business district. An innovative new study estimates the economic costs.
The City Dock neighborhood of Annapolis, Maryland, is a quaint cluster of colonial brick buildings nestled around a small inlet of the Severn River. Just uphill is Maryland's historic State House, where George Washington resigned his post as general of the Continental Army after defeating the British. Much of the architecture remains untouched since then, but the waters of the inlet have risen well over a foot, and today the waterfront floods frequently.
Flooding in the Annapolis area is so common, in fact63 times in 2017 by one measurethat it's beginning to have a noticeable impact on local businesses by driving away customers.
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