Priority of Issues for Respondents' planning practice/analysis/research (Question #10): Atlantic Northeast

ISSUE	Very High		High		Neutral		Low		Very Low		NAa		TOTAL
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Climate Change Impacts	34	25	40	29	29	21	21	15	10	7	2	1	136	100
Coastal Storms	41	30	41	30	19	14	18	13	13	10	4	3	136	100
Commercial Fishing	5	4	17	13	36	26	28	21	38	28	12	9	136	100
Conservation	45	33	50	37	33	24	8	6	0	0	0	0	136	100
Cultural and Heritage Resource Mgmt	27	20	58	43	34	25	14	10	3	2	0	0	136	100
Economic Development	47	35	50	37	23	17	10	7	6	4	0	0	136	100
Energy Development (incl. alternative)	25	18	49	36	33	24	15	11	9	7	5	4	136	100
Fiscal Planning	21	15	31	23	50	37	16	12	14	10	4	3	136	100
Flooding/Inundation/Storm Surge	57	42	40	29	19	14	9	7	9	7	2	1	136	100
Food Systems/Agriculture	15	11	27	20	31	23	30	22	22	16	11	8	136	100
Habitat Systems Restore & Monitor	24	18	45	33	35	26	22	16	6	4	4	3	136	100
Hazards Management	37	27	44	32	33	24	17	13	3	2	2	1	136	100
Infrastructure/Utilities Development	44	32	43	32	28	21	11	8	8	6	2	1	136	100
Land Use Planning/Growth Mgmt	88	65	31	23	13	10	4	3	0	0	0	0	136	100
Nearshore/Offshore Habitat Mapping	18	13	23	17	32	24	30	22	24	18	9	7	136	100
Nonpoint Source Pollution	29	21	38	28	33	24	17	13	11	8	8	6	136	100
Oil/Pollutant Spill Response	17	13	17	13	33	24	23	17	34	25	12	9	136	100
Population Migration	11	8	22	16	40	29	28	21	25	18	10	7	136	100
Port/Harbor/Marina Development	24	18	34	25	43	32	15	11	16	12	4	3	136	100
Protected Area Management	22	16	39	29	31	23	20	15	17	13	7	5	136	100
Protected Species Management	13	10	34	25	41	30	21	15	19	14	8	6	136	100
Public Access	57	42	43	32	24	18	6	4	4	3	2	1	136	100
Recreation and Tourism	49	36	44	32	25	18	10	7	6	4	2	1	136	100
Resilience	28	21	22	16	43	32	20	15	6	4	17	13	136	100
Sea Level Rise/Lake Level Change	43	32	37	27	21	15	14	10	14	10	7	5	136	100
Shoreline Change Management	25	18	49	36	26	19	16	12	15	11	5	4	136	100
Submerged Lands Management	8	6	32	24	23	17	30	22	30	22	13	10	136	100
Subsidence	5	4	26	19	34	25	25	18	27	20	19	14	136	100
Sustainability	46	34	50	37	27	20	12	9	1	1	0	0	136	100
Transportation (ground)	46	34	49	36	23	17	11	8	7	5	0	0	136	100
Transportation (marine)	16	12	37	27	38	28	23	17	17	13	5	4	136	100
Tsunami (including seiche)	6	4	9	7	22	16	23	17	54	40	22	16	136	100
Water Quality Monitoring	33	24	43	32	26	19	18	13	11	8	5	4	136	100
Waterfront & Brownfield Development	38	28	56	41	21	15	9	7	10	7	2	1	136	100
Wetland Loss	36	26	42	31	31	23	10	7	15	11	2	1	136	100
Working Waterfronts	38	28	41	30	28	21	14	10	11	8	4	3	136	100

Table 3d lists 36 issues to which Atlantic Northeast coastal region respondents were asked to rate their priority for planning practice, analysis, and research. The five issues with the highest percentage of very high or high priority ratings from respondents are:

The five issues with the highest percentage of low or very low priority ratings from respondents are:

The four issues with double-digit percentages of respondents rating the issue as "Not Applicable" are:

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