Northeast Sea Grant Coastal Community Development>Rhode Island
Natural Hazard Preparation, Resilience, and Recovery Resources & Links
Rhode Island Sea Grant Publications
Greenwich Bay: An Ecological History: This book examines the history of and describes the issues facing Greenwich Bay, including natural hazards.
Hazard Mitigation for Rhode Island Recreational Harbor Communities: This document helps municipalities, marinas, and boaters deal with major coastal storms. 1996.
Metro Bay Special Area Management Plan Natural Hazards and Floodplain Management Issue Paper: This document describes the vulnerabilities of the northern Narragansett Bay (Metro Bay) area to hazards, particularly flooding. 2006.
Fact Sheets
Dealing with the Aftermath of a Hurricane
Hurricane Plan for Boaters
Rhode Island Hazard Mitigation Fact Sheets
Hurricane Preparedness for Homeowners
Rhode Island Municipal Hazard Mitigation Plans
A Strategy for Reducing Risks from Natural Hazards in Pawtucket, Rhode Island: A Multi-Hazard Mitigation Strategy. This document is a model plan for addressing natural risks, including hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, and fires, to riverine communities. 37 pages. 1997.
Strategy for Reducing Risks from Natural Hazards in Providence, Rhode Island. 43 pages. 2000.
Strategy for Reducing Risk from Natural Hazards in East Providence, Rhode Island: A Multi-Hazard Mitigation Strategy. 37 pages. 2004.
The City of Cranston Hazard Mitigation Plan. 63 pages. 2005.
Strategy for Reducing Risks from Natural Hazards in Narragansett, Rhode Island: A Multi-Hazard Mitigation Strategy. This document describes Narragansett's strategy to assess and mitigate its natural risks (especially wind from hurricanes, with their attendant flooding and erosion) as a coastal community. 104 pages. 1999.
Strategy for Reducing Risks from Natural Hazards in Charlestown, Rhode Island. 53 pages. 1997.
Strategy for Reducing Risks from Natural Hazards in West Greenwich, Rhode Island: A Multi-Hazard Mitigation Strategy.
On-line Research Tools
Disasters by Design Bibliography: On-line bibliography for the book "A Reassessment of Natural Hazards in the United States from the National Academy of Sciences in 1999", by Dennis Mileti.
U.S. Federal Emergency Management Administration Online Card Catalog: An up to date literature and document search tool called the Learning Resource Center Online Card Catalog, with an estimated 100,000 citations and links to documents. The search interface is a bit unusual so it is worth reading the Help and Tips sections.
FloodSmart.gov: This site of the National Flood Insurance Program helps visitors determine their flood risk, estimate their flood premiums, find an agent, and more.
HazNet: A U.S.-oriented Sea Grant Natural Hazards Theme Team website, mainly consisting of brief descriptions of Sea Grant related projects and links to other sites.
The Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS): The nonprofit association's goal is to reduce the social and economic effects of natural disasters and other property losses by conducting research and advocating improved construction, maintenance and preparation practices.
Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management On-Line Hurricane Preparedness Kit: This site offers a host of links to information on protecting yourself, your family, your home, your pets, and your boat, as well as to general hurricane information and tracking sites.
The Natural Hazards Center of the University of Colorado at Boulder: A University of Colorado at Boulder website, which aims to communicate knowledge on hazards mitigation and disaster preparedness, response, and recovery.
NOAA Coastal Storms Program: This website offers tools all communities can use to lessen the impacts of coastal storms.
nowCOAST: A GIS Mapping Portal to Real-Time Environmental Observations and NOAA Forecasts.
Rhode Island Organizations
The Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency (RIEMA): The agency has taken important steps to implement its philosophy that hazard mitigation is the "cornerstone of emergency management." RIEMA’s Performance Partnership and Cooperative Agreement with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) outlines a progressive approach to developing a statewide hazard mitigation
RI Emergency Management Advisory Council: Provides Rhode Island communities with technical assistance on hazard mitigation strategies. The committee has initiated identification of state resources and properties that are at risk, and begun an analysis of existing hazard mitigation actions and policies throughout the state.
Rhode Island's Coastal Resources Management Program: This state agency adopted statewide regulations that cover all development along the shore. The "Red Book" Regulations provide comprehensive policies and regulations, many of which reflect a multi-hazard management approach.
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