Community Sea Level Rise Planning

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.