This option appears in resilience plans from around the country.
| Option from plan | Hazards Sort descending | Assets | Region | Source Plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Work with landscape architects to promote surveying vegetative cover as you design and implement local projects. | Erosion – Coastal | Natural Areas and Wildlife | National | HUD Community Resilience Toolkit (p. 12) |
| Promote or require site and building design standards to minimize erosion risk. For example, encourage the construction of open foundation systems on buildings that allow water to pass beneath or through | Erosion – Coastal | Property | National | HUD Community Resilience Toolkit (p. 28) |
| Include increasing temperature in the design calculation for maximum temperature /rating | Extreme Heat | Energy and Utilities | InternationalNational | AR5 Climate Change: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability (p. Table 10-2 on page 669) |
| Model the impacts of new transportation projects on hydrological processes and mitigate flood risk in the surrounding areas. | Flooding – CoastalFlooding – General | Transportation and Mobility | Southeast | State of Louisiana Regional Adaptation Strategy (p. 163) |
| Establish resilient road design standards to manage sea level rise. | Flooding – Coastal | Transportation and MobilityMultiple or All Assets | Southeast | Charleston, South Carolina - All Hazards Vulnerability & Risk Assessment (p. 181) |
| Identify opportunities to improve how local government projects are designed with flooding and sea level rise in mind. | Flooding – Coastal | Multiple or All Assets | Southeast | Charleston, South Carolina - All Hazards Vulnerability & Risk Assessment (p. 186) |
| Identify opportunities to improve how public and private projects are designed. Keep flooding and sea level rise in mind. | Flooding – CoastalFlooding – General | Transportation and MobilityMultiple or All Assets | Southeast | Charleston, South Carolina - All Hazards Vulnerability & Risk Assessment (p. 186) |
| Partner with the County and State Departments of Transportation to establish resilience road design standards for SLR. | Flooding – Coastal | Transportation and Mobility | Southeast | Miami Forever Climate Ready Strategy |
| Ensure that any existing or newly permitted public facilities and services are designed to consider current and future flood scenarios when calculating level of service and are required to avoid present | Flooding – CoastalFlooding – General | Transportation and MobilityWater Infrastructure – Drinking WaterWater Infrastructure – GeneralCritical FacilitiesEnergy and UtilitiesMultiple or All AssetsWater Infrastructure – Stormwater | Northwest | Washington Coast Resilience Action Demonstration Project |
| Amend existing design standards to encourage multi-functional capital improvements for flood protection and management. | Flooding – General | Property | Southern Great Plains | Resilient Houston (p. 107 (pdf p. 109)) |
| Require design that exceeds minimum standards for critical facility construction. | Flooding – General | Critical Facilities | Northeast | City of Baltimore Disaster Preparedness and Planning Project (p. 157) |
| Leverage flood mitigation infrastructure investments for recreation, transportation and community health benefits. By incorporating resilience design principles, these projects can provide storm protection | Flooding – General | Multiple or All Assets | Southern Great Plains | Resilient Houston (p. 107 (pdf p. 109)) |
| Build adaptive capacity into any new asset put into the RAD and Biltmore Village, and other vulnerable commercial areas | Flooding – Rainfall-induced | Property | Southeast | Planning for Climate Resilience—City of Asheville, North Carolina (p. 117) |
| Use the best available science and resilient design features in transportation infrastructure to improve resiliency to extreme climate events. | LandslidesMultiple or All HazardsSevere Winter WeatherFire (Wildfire)Changing SeasonsErosion – CoastalExtreme HeatFlooding – CoastalFlooding – General | Transportation and Mobility | Southwest | Statewide Summary Report: California's Fourth Climate Change Assessment |
| Evaluate and understand how projects impact economic activity, development opportunities and environmental factors such as air quality, water quality and overall quality of life. | Multiple or All Hazards | Aquatic and Marine ResourcesEconomyNatural Areas and WildlifeProperty | Southeast | State of Louisiana Regional Adaptation Strategy (p. 121) |
| Evaluate proposed construction projects that support climate adaptation. Use a common set of design engineering parameters. | Multiple or All HazardsErosion – Coastal | Critical FacilitiesMultiple or All Assets | Climate Change in Port Heiden, AK (p. 41) | |
| Develop a design methodology for stormwater improvement projects that incorporates climate impact projections and regional development forecasts. | Multiple or All Hazards | PropertyWater Infrastructure – Stormwater | Southern Great Plains | Resilient Houston (p. 98 (pdf p. 100)) |
