Through this effort, we led three community pilot studies. Our integrated resilience team worked with local communities to assess exposure and vulnerability to coastal hazard risks, and establish adaptation planning measures through local planning, policy, and budgeting mechanisms.

Our team applied a flexible resilience planning process to reflect each community’s unique exposure, characteristics, and goals. Our initial design charrettes provided an opportunity for our team to share specific vulnerability information—including assessments of future nuisance flood frequency, road vulnerability, future precipitation, stormwater, groundwater, and historical assets—while also capturing community feedback. Community opinions and priorities were then integrated into tailored planning and policy measures to set resilience planning efforts in motion.