In Action
The following are examples of how the Roadmap is being used by communities to address their risk and vulnerability issues associated with hazards and climate change.
- To identify relevant risk and vulnerability data and information – The Town of Southold, New York, is updating its comprehensive plan and wanted to take this opportunity to consider the impacts that hazards and climate change have on day-to-day operations and long-term decisions. To do this, the community is using what it learned from the Roadmap training to help identify relevant risk and vulnerability data and information that could be used to inform plan policies for lessening future vulnerabilities.
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To coordinate community plans and programs – The Miami-Dade County, Florida, Office of Sustainability is using the information and relationships forged through a workshop focused on implementing the Roadmap process as a catalyst for working closely with county programs to evaluate current plans and identify opportunities for implementing sustainable land use, infrastructure, capital improvement, social programs, and environmental protection. For more information on this effort, view “Planning for Hazards and Climate Change Impacts: One County’s Approach” or “Adapting to Sea Level Rise in Miami-Dade County, Florida.”
- To help communities plan for and adapt to coastal risks and vulnerabilities – Delaware County, Pennsylvania, municipalities knew they needed to consider hazards and climate change in their local decisions but were not sure how to go about accomplishing this task. A workshop held to apply the Roadmap process enabled municipalities to evaluate their strengths and vulnerabilities associated with local infrastructure, housing, ecosystems, and local populations. The municipalities are taking a regional approach to look for opportunities in their waterfront redevelopment and transportation planning to insert local hazard resilience goals.
If you are interested in learning more about these efforts, e-mail us at csc.roadmap@noaa.gov.
