ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Reports, guides, and toolkits that focus on resilience and sustainability.
Avoiding and Minimizing Risk of Flood Damage to State Assets: A Guide for Delaware State Agencies​
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Prepared by the Delaware Flood Avoidance Workgroup
2016
Blue Guide for Water Conservation
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Prepared by the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary
2015
Building Community Resilience with Nature-Based Solutions: Strategies for Success
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Prepared by FEMA
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2023
Climate Change and Sea Level Rise Perceptions​
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Prepared by Delaware Coastal Programs
2019
Climate-Conscious Comprehensive Planning in DE: Developing and Piloting a Planning Process in Milford, DE
Prepared by Philip Barnes, Ph.D. of the University of Delaware Institute for Public Administration​
2017
Coastal Delaware Resiliency: Response, Recovery, and Adaptation by the Tourism Industry to Natural Hazards and Climate Change
Prepared by Delaware Sea Grant
2017
Coastal Observer
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Maintained by the Univeristy of Delaware Center for Environmental Monitoring and Analysis
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Coastal Resiliency Needs Assessment in Sussex County
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Prepared by Philip Barnes, Ph.D. of the University of Delaware Institute for Public Administration
2017
Community Incentives for Nature-Based Flood Solutions - A Guide to FEMA's Community Ratings System for Conservation Practitioners
Prepared by The Nature Conservancy
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Compendium of Federal Nature-Based Resources for Coastal Communities, States, Tribes, and Territories
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Prepared by the White House Coastal Resilience Interagency Working Group
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2022
Complete Communities Toolbox
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Prepared by Marcia Scott of the University of Delaware Institute for Public Administration
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Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU)
Prepared by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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Delaware Climate Information Center
Maintained by DNREC Divison of Climate, Coastal and Energy and the University of Delaware Center for Environmental Monitoring and Analysis
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Delaware Climate Leadership Academy
Maintained by DNREC
Divison of Climate, Coastal and Energy
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Delaware Coastal Dashboard
Maintained by the University of Delaware Center for Environmental Monitoring and Analysis
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Delaware Coastal Flood Monitoring System
Maintained by the Univeristy of Delaware Center for Environmental Monitoring and Analysis
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Delaware Homeowners Handbook to Prepare for Natural Disasters
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Prepared by ​the Delaware Emergency Management Agency, DNREC, and Delaware Sea Grant
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2019
Delaware Living Shorelines
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Prepared by the Delaware Living Shorelines Committee
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Encroaching Tides: How Sea Level Rise and Tidal Flooding Threaten U.S. East and Gulf Cost Communities over the Next 30 Years​
Prepared by the Union of Concerned Scientists
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2014
FAQs for Delaware Sea Level Rise Planning Scenarios
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Prepared by the Delaware Sea Level Rise Technical Committee
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2017
Federal Flood Risk Management Standard Climate-Informed Science Approach (CISA)
State of the Science Report
National Climate Task Force
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2023
A Federal Framework and Action Plan
for Climate Services
Product of the National Science & Technology Council
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2023
FEMA Response and Recovery Climate Change Planning Guidance
Published by FEMA in partnership with NOAA
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2023
Grant Application Bootcamp
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National League of Cities and Local Infrastructure Hub
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Green Guide for Property Management: A Guide To Help Large Property Owners Identify Innovative Green Projects To Reduce Stormwater Pollution
Prepared by the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary
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2011
Go Green Muni Bond Financing for Consumer Rebates and Other Distributed Water Investments
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Prepared by the Earth Economic WaterNow Alliance
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2018
Guide to Expanding Mitigation: Making the Connection to the Coast
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Prepared by
FEMA
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Living Shorelines: Healthy Shores, Healthy Communities
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Prepared by DNREC, DNERR, PDE, and Sunoco
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2012
5th National Climate Assessment
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Prepared by the U.S. Global Change Research Program
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2023
Natural Hazard and Climate Change Adaptation Toolkit for Delaware Communities
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Prepared by Delaware Sea Grant
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2014
On-the-Ground Strategies for Preparing
your Organization for Climate Change
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Prepared by DNREC
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2023
Public Access to the Tidal Wetlands
of the Delaware Estuary
Prepared by Partnership for the Delaware Estuary
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2023
Preparing for Tomorrow's High Tide: Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Assessment for the State of Delaware
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Prepared by The Delaware Sea Level Rise Advisory Committee
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2012
Resilience Science and Technology
Grand Pathways Framework
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Prepared by The National Science & Technology Council
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2023
Selecting Climate Information To Use In Climate Risk and Impact Assessments
Prepared by The National Science & Technology Council
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2023
Urban Flooding: Moving Towards Resilience
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Prepared by The Association of State Floodplain Managers Foundation
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2019
Urban Waters Delaware River Location: Supplemental Community Funding Guidelines
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Prepared by the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary
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2022
Urban Waters Federal Partnership Delaware River Location Flyer
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Prepared by the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary
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2022