Title
Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Planning for New England Communities: First Steps and Next Steps
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Spring 5-2016
Abstract
Hurricane Irene tearing Vermont roads and bridges apart and Superstorm Sandy ripping through coastal areas; such phenomenal events are being joined by more frequent rain, tide and wind impacts that are disrupting communities and risking property and lives. New challenges arise from weather events that are driven by a less stable climate. The key difference between what communities already plan for and climate adaptation planning is the level of uncertainty about how impacts may change in the future and the potentially enormous and devastating damages that a community may sustain. This Guide presents an overview of that task, with links to the rapidly expanding guidelines and tools available to local governments and a suggested way of thinking about this responsibility as an extension of what local governments are already doing.
Recommended Citation
Colgan, Charles; Kartez, Jack D. Ph.D.; and Sheils, Martha P., "Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Planning for New England Communities: First Steps and Next Steps" (2016). Publications. 18.
https://cbe.miis.edu/publications/18
Included in
Economic Policy Commons, Emergency and Disaster Management Commons, Environmental Policy Commons, Infrastructure Commons, Transportation Commons, Urban Studies Commons