U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit

Zoning Ordinance Overhauled To Increase Community Resilience To Flooding. The city of Norfolk, Virginia, is like many other coastal communities facing sea level rise. The city chose to take a bold ste ...

South Carolina's Lowcountry Prepares for Changing Global Conditions. The coastal "Lowcountry" region of South Carolina faces unique vulnerabilities to climate change. Researchers engaged with this soc ...

Home Elevation Program Helps Demystify The Process. Partners in the Keyswide Home Elevation Education Project developed trainings and informational materials to demystify the process and increase know ...

The Water Institute of the Gulf — Port Fourchon: Supporting Resiliency on an Evolving Coast. To ensure community support for nature-based reuse of dredged material in Port Fourchon, the Water Institut ...

Cleveland Metroparks — Cleveland Harbor Eastern Embayment Resilience Study (CHEERS). Cleveland Metroparks needed to consider how to engage surrounding neighborhoods and residents in restoring Lake Eri ...

Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council. To help communities identify shoreline adaptation projects, the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council proactively formed partnerships wit ...

North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality. Local governments often lack capacity to implement coastal resilience projects. This department provided voluntary incentives for communities to par ...

Florida Experiment Lessens Shoreline Damage from High-Energy Waves. Along a shoreline that was buffeted by fierce wave action and boat wakes, a dual-defense strategy led to a 30 to 90 percent reductio ...

Community Leadership Paves the Way to Promising Erosion Treatment. A project that mimics aspects of cobble sand beaches virtually stopped the erosion of shoreline uplands in pilot studies aided by NOA ...

California State Coastal Conservancy: Gravel Beach and Berm for Shorebird Habitat Creation, Erosion Control and Flood Protection. An adaptive management plan was used in a pilot project to design a 30 ...