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Additional Resources

Reports, guides, and toolkits that focus on resilience and sustainability.

 

Available Funding Opportunities for Delaware Communities

This portal is maintained by the Grant Assistance Program, Biden School of Public Policy & Administration, University of Delaware

 

Avoiding and Minimizing Risk of Flood Damage to State Assets: A Guide for Delaware State Agencies

Prepared by the Delaware Flood Avoidance Workgroup Under Executive Order 41 | March 2016

 

Blue Guide for Water Conservation

Prepared by the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary | 2015

 

Climate Change and Sea Level Rise Perceptions

Prepared by DNREC| last updated 2019

 

Climate-Conscious Comprehensive Planning in DE: Developing and Piloting a Planning Process in Milford, DE

Prepared for DNREC Division of Energy and Climate

Prepared by Institute for Public Administration, School of Public Policy & Administration, University of Delaware

Written by Philip Barnes, Ph.D., Associate Policy Scientist | 2017

 

Coastal Delaware Resiliency: Response, Recovery, and Adaptation by the Tourism Industry to Natural Hazards and Climate Change

Written by Kirstin Wakefield and Jim Falk (University of Delaware Sea Grant), and Conservation Community Consulting, LLC. | 2017

 

Coastal Observer

Created by Delaware Sea Grant and the University of Delaware | 2020

 

Coastal Resiliency Needs Assessment in Sussex County

Prepared for Delaware Coastal Programs

Prepared by Institute for Public Administration, School of Public Policy & Administration, University of Delaware

Written by Philip Barnes, Ph.D., Associate Policy Scientist | 2017

 

CoastSnap

Community beach monitoring

 

Community Incentives for Nature-Based Flood Solutions

Prepared by The Nature Conservancy

 

Compendium of Federal Nature-Based Resources for Coastal Communities, States, Tribes, and Territories

Prepared by The White House Coastal Resiliency Interagency Working Group |2022

 

Complete Communities Toolbox

Prepared by The Institute for Public Administration (IPA) at the University of Delaware, with support from the Delaware Department of Transportation

 

Create a Hazard Mitigation Plan

Prepared by FEMA | last updated 2024

 

Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU)

Prepared by EPA | last updated 2024

 

Delaware Climate Information Center

Prepared by the University of Delaware Center for Environmental Monitoring Analysis (CEMA)

 

Delaware Climate Leadership Academy

Administered by DNREC

 

Delaware Coastal Dashboard

This site is a collaborative effort between the Center for Environmental Monitoring & Analysis (CEMA) and the Delaware Department of Natural Resources (DNREC)

 

Delaware Coastal Flood Monitoring System

This website is maintained by the Delaware Geological Survey (DGS) and the Delaware Environmental Observing System (DEOS)

 

Delaware Flood Planning Tool

This website is maintained by DNREC

 

Delaware Homeowners Handbook To Prepare For Natural Hazards

This handbook was developed as a cooperative project among the Delaware Emergency Management Agency (DEMA), the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC), and the Delaware Sea Grant College Program (DESG). 

Second edition | 2019

 

Delaware Living Shorelines

This website is maintained by the Delaware Living Shorelines Committee.

 

Digital Coast

This website is maintained by the NOAA Office for Coastal Management

 

The Economic Case for Coastal Resilience

Prepared by FEMA | 2023

 

Energy Savings Hub

This website is maintained by the US Department of Energy

 

Encroaching Tides: How Sea Level Rise and Tidal Flooding Threaten U.S. East and Gulf Coast Communities Over the Next 30 Years

Written by Erika Spanger - Siegfried, Melanie Fitzpatrick, Kristina Dahl | October 2014

 

Federal Flood Risk Management Standard Climate-Informed Science Approach (CISA) State of the Science Report

A Report by the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (FFRMS) Science Subgroup of the Flood Resilience Interagency Working Group of the National Climate Task Force | March 2023

 

A Federal Framework and Action Plan for Climate Services

Product of the Fast Track Action Committee on Climate Services of the National Science and Technology Council | March 2023

 

FEMA Response and Recovery Climate Change Planning Guidance

Published by FEMA, In partnership with NOAA

First Edition | July 2023

 

Grant Application Bootcamp

Prepared by the National League of Cities and Local Infrastructure Hub

 

Guide to Expanding Mitigation

Prepared by FEMA

 

I-ADAPT: A Flood Planning and Adaptation Tool

Prepared by DNREC | 2024

 

Know Your Zone

This website is maintained by PrepareDE.org

 

Living Shorelines: Healthy Shores, Healthy Communities

Prepared by DNREC, DNERR, PDE, and Sunoco | 2012

 

5th National Climate Assessment

The US Government's preeminent report on climate change impacts, risks, and responses. It is a congressionally mandated interagency effort that provides the scientific foundation to support informed decision-making across the United States.

 

National Recycling Strategy

Prepared by EPA | 2019

 

National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution

Prepared by EPA | 2024

 

Natural Solutions Toolkit

Prepared by The Nature Conservancy

 

Public Access to the Tidal Wetlands of the Delaware Estuary

Prepared by the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary

 

Resilience Analysis Planning Tool (RAPT)

This resource is maintained by FEMA 

 

Resilient Community Resources

Prepared by DNREC

 

Resilience Science and Technology Grand Pathways Framework

A Report by the Subcommittee on Resilience Science and Technology Committee on Homeland and National Security of the National Science and Technology Council | March 2023

 

Selecting Climate Information To Use In Climate Risk and Impact Assessments

Guide for Federal Agency Climate Adaptation Planners | March 2023

 

Smart911

 

Smart Growth Network

National Alliance of advocates, practitioners, policy makers, and local leaders working towards a shared vision for land use and infrastructure policies and actions that result in healthy, sustainable, equitable, and prosperous communities for all.

 

State of Delaware Sea-Level Rise Planning Scenarios - Frequently Asked Questions

Prepared by the Delaware Sea Level Rise Technical Committee | 2017

 

Urban Flooding: Moving Towards Resilience

Summary Report Based on the 6th Assembly of the Gilbert F. White National Flood Policy Forum Washington, D.C. | 2019

 

Urban Waters Federal Partnership

This flyer was prepared by The Partnership for the Delaware Estuary

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