Community Resilience Initiative Documents

Community Resilience Initiative Documents

Adaptation Action Areas & Planning Guides

• Adaptation Action Areas: A Planning Guidebook for Florida’s Local Government. Prepared by the South Florida Regional Planning Council in partnership with DEO, Broward County and the City of Fort Lauderdale; December 2014
• Adaptation Action Areas: Policy Options for Adaptive Planning for Rising Sea Levels. Prepared by the South Florida Regional Planning Council in collaboration with the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, Broward County and the City of Ft. Lauderdale; November 6, 2013
• Adaptation Planning for Historic Properties; May 2015
• Adaptation Planning Stakeholder Outreach & Engagement; 2017
• Assessment Report of Regional Differences within Florida (Within the context of the Train the Trainers Project: Building Coastal Flood Hazard Resiliency in Florida’s Regional Planning Council Communities); July 2016
• Economic Development and Adaptation Planning (Handout); February 2015
• Economic Development and Adaptation Planning (PowerPoint); February 2015
• Planning Guidance for Florida’s Local Governments; Conserving & Managing Natural Resources with Adaptation Action Areas: October 2015

Community Resilience

• Development in Apalachicola’s Commercial Historic District: A Study of Adaptive Measures for Special Flood Hazard Areas: December 12, 2017
• Educational Techniques to Facilitate Involvement; May 2015
• Facilitating Community Involvement in the Community Resiliency Planning Process (PowerPoint); May 2015
• Florida Community Resiliency Initiative Pilot Project: Adaptation Plan for Clearwater, Florida with Appendix; May 2017
• Florida Community Resiliency Initiative Pilot Project: Adaptation Plan for Escambia County, Florida with Appendix; May 2017
• Florida Community Resiliency Initiative Pilot Project: Adaptation Plan for St. Augustine, Florida with Appendix; May 2017
• Recommendations for the Community Resilience Initiative: Lessons Learned from Technical Assistance Process for Vulnerability and Climate Adaptation; April 21, 2017

Sea Level Rise Guides

• An Inventory of Sea-Level Rise Adaptation Assessment Tools and Resources; June 2015
• How to Incorporate Sea-Level Rise Adaptation Assessment Tools and Resources into Local Planning; June 2015
• Integrating Sea Level Rise Adaptation in Local Mitigation Strategies; Fall 2014
• Recommendations for Local, Regional, and State-Level Approaches for Determining Sea-Level Rise Vulnerability; June 2015
• Sea-Level Rise Vulnerability Assessment Tools and Resources: A Guide for Florida’s Local Governments; June 2015 (166 pages)
• Sea-Level Rise Vulnerability Assessment Tools and Resources: A Guidance Resource for Florida’s Local Governments; June 2015 (12 pages)
• Sea Level Rise Case Study for Evacuation Routes in Martin and St. Lucie Counties Using the GeoPlan Sketch Tool and NOAA Coastal Flood Exposure Mapper; 2016

Vulnerability Assessments

• Coastal Vulnerability Assessment: City of Clearwater, Florida; June 24, 2016
• Coastal Vulnerability Assessment: Escambia County, Florida; June 24, 2016
• Coastal Vulnerability Assessment: City of St. Augustine, Florida; June 24, 2016
• Pilot Vulnerability Assessment of Coastal Flooding Threats Due to Future Climate Projections: Southern Hernando County; 2016
• Preliminary Vulnerability Assessment of Coastal Flooding Threats – Steinhatchee, Taylor County, Florida; July 13, 2016
• Statewide Vulnerability Assessment: First Report to Focus Group; September 30, 2014
• Statewide Vulnerability Assessment: Second Report to Focus Group: November 30, 2014
• Vulnerability Analysis: City of Apalachicola; August 2017
• Vulnerability Assessment; Sea Level Rise in Charlotte Harbor:  July 15, 2016