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TThere iss a tool for yoou!
Wherre can I learn
n
aboutt planning forr
clim
mate change
im
mpacts?
PREP-RI Moduless, or “Providiing Resilience Education ffor Planning in
Rhode Island,” proovides brief eeducational vvoice-over PoowerPoints an
nd
r
to aassist commuunities in plannning for clim
mate change in
local resources
Rhode Island.
Is a prroperty in thee
FEMA
A flood zone?
?
Rhodee Island Flooodplain Mapp
ping Tool, ass well as the F
FEMA (Federral
Emerg
gency Managgement Agenccy) Flood M
Map Service Center, sho
ow
flood hazard
h
areas as delineateed by FEMA
A on Flood IInsurance Raate
Maps that
t include B
Base Flood Ellevation.
Can I assess
multipple impacts to
o
a coasstal property?
Rapid PACE, or ““Rapid Propeerty Assessmeent and Coasstal Exposuree,”
provid
des municipal officials a suummary of the potential im
mpacts of storrm
scenariios and thee effects of marsh miggration and erosion whiile
incorpo
orating sea leevel rise projeections.
How ccan coastal
green iinfrastructuree
enhancce resilien ce?
Tour of
o Green Infr
frastructure iis a Story Maap showing seeveral location
ns
throughout Rhode IIsland that haave successfullly used greenn infrastructu
ure
ques to reducee local stormw
water issues aand enhance hhabitat value.
techniq
How
w much will a
propperty flood?
STOR
RMTOOLS iis an interacttive mapper and mappingg database th
hat
illustraates the extennt and depth oof flooding froom various sttorm surge an
nd
sea lev
vel rise scen arios. Users can access ccurrent and ffuture floodin
ng
projecttions using thhe most recentt science.
Hoow will my
com
mmunity be
im
mpacted?
Comm
munity Vulneerability outliines projects by State agenncies regardin
ng
climatee impacts inn coastal com
mmunities. Innformation iss available for
f
transpo
ortation asseets, public w
water utilitiees, and sew
wage treatment
facilities, as well ass socioeconom
mic impacts.
How
w will coastal
weetlands be
impaacted by sea
leevel rise?
SLAM
MM, or “Sea Level Affeccting Marshess Model” maaps, show ho
ow
coastall wetlands w
will likely droown in placee, or migrate onto adjacent
upland
d areas under pprojected seaa level rise sceenarios.
Wheere can I see
real tim
me photos of
o
loccal coastal
fllooding?
oast, a crowd--sourced webbsite (and mobbile app), hossts photograph
hs
MyCo
upload
ded by Rhodde Islanders showing loocal coastal flooding from
extrem
me tides (or Kiing Tides) annd storms.
As R
Rhode Islland has been
experiiencing a changing
c
climate,
c
the U
University of
o Rhode Island’s
Coastaal Resourcess Center/Sea Grant
and itts partners (including URI’s
Ocean
and
Engineering
Environmental Data
D
Centeer, the
Coastaal
Resourcces
Manaagement
Counciil) have been active in
developping a suitte of user--friendly
tools too help you assess
a
the risks, and
identify
fy options to reduce future
impactts from flood
ding, sea lev
vel rise,
and coaastal erosion
n.
D. Presco
ott
These Resilience
e Tools aree aids for unnderstandingg risk to cooastal hazardds and idenntifying oppportunities. For
F
examplle, they can
n help residents concern
ned about properties
p
orr decision-m
makers looking to proteect commun
nity
infrastrructure. By understandin
u
ng risk, com
mmunities caan be better prepared to adapt to, annd plan for, a stronger and
a
safer fuuture.
The Coastal Ressources Center at the University
U
of
o Rhode Islaand’s Graduuate School oof Oceanogrraphy has beeen
providiing resiliencce education,, technical assistance,
a
an
nd climate addaptation traaining to thee public and private sectors
for deccades.
STO
ORMTOOLS
P. Rubinoff
Scarboro
ough WWTF, RT Grou
up Inc
Kno
ow You
ur Risk
sk • Ma
ake a P
Plan • Take
e Action
on
LEA
ARN MO
ORE
Explorre more of Rhode
R
Island’s Resiliencee Tools: http
p://www.crc..uri.edu/activvities_page/rresilience-toools/
Contacct: Pam Rubiinoff, URI Coastal
C
Resources Centerr, RI Sea Grrant • 401.8774.6135 • [email protected]