Coastal Resilience Index

Coastal communities can complete this questionnaire to assess their level of preparedness for extreme events. The self-assessment exercise helps them discuss and discover their climate-related vulnerabilities.

To determine their score, community leaders lead a discussion about their community’s resilience to coastal hazards. The Index provides a simple, inexpensive method to gauge their resilience and identify weaknesses they may want to address before to the next hazard event occurs. 

The Index can be completed in less than three hours. The questionnaire asks mainly "yes" or "no" questions on topics such as critical facilities and infrastructure, transportation issues, community plans and agreements, mitigation measures, business plans, and social systems.