Northeast Sea Grant Coastal Community Development>Rhode Island
Natural Hazard Preparation, Resilience, and Recovery Strategies
New Publication: Summary of Coastal Program Initiatives That Address Sea Level Rise as a Result of Global Climate Change.
Rhode Island Sea Grant has worked for more than 15 years with governments, the private sector, and community organizations to ensure coastal communities can face, and recover from, hurricanes, floods, and coastal storms. The challenge is to help communities achieve their visions for economic growth while reducing the potential impacts of natural hazards and maximizing public safety and public access to the shore.
To address these issues, the Rhode Island Sea Grant Sustainable Coastal Communities and Ecosystems (SUCCESS) program works to help develop strategies to prepare for natural disasters, educate disaster preparedness and response professionals, enhance evacuation preparations, and plan for expediting recovery efforts.
SUCCESS plans to address floodplain management issues in Rhode Island, especially its urban regions, by helping develop coordinated, regional communication plans among Narragansett Bay municipalities and enhancing post-storm debris removal plans.
Current projects
Metro Bay Special Area Management Plan (SAMP)
A draft SAMP chapter on Natural Hazards: Hurricanes, Floods, and Sea Level Rise is currently being reviewed (click here to download the PDF file). The chapter updates the issues, identifies recommendations and actions for the CRMC, the municipalities, and others to respond to the key issues identified in the 2006 issues paper.
Adapting to Sea Level Rise
RI Sea Grant in cooperation with scientists from the University of Rhode Island and other local institutions, provides assistance to the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council to better understand the science and policy implications of sea level rise and climate change. The focus of this work includes:
- Understanding the science of sea level rise and the implications for Rhode Island (click for information from the Science Review Forum: Informing CRMC Policy on Sea Level Rise (SLR) Workshop)
- Researching sea level rise policy and climate change initiatives in other states (click for Summary of Coastal Program Initiatives that address Sea Level Rise as a result of Global Climate Change)
- Supporting the development of sea level rise policy (click for RICRMP Section 145: Climate Change and Sea Leve Rise adopted on January 15, 2008)
- Developing outreach tools to communicate the need for action (click here to download Sea Level Rise Visualizations in Rhode Island)
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