Coastal Community ResilienceTools for Gulf of Mexico

Communities

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Gulf of Mexico Alliance

“A partnership of the states of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas, with the goal of significantly increasing regional collaboration to

enhance the ecological and economic health of the Gulf of Mexico.”

Coastal Community Resilience Priority Issue Team

MISSION: Coordinate and enhance efforts of local, state, federal, business and non-

profit partners to assist coastal communities and ecosystems in the Gulf

of Mexico region in becoming more resilient in structure and function.

Resilience is the capacity of both

Social and Environment

System’s ability to adapt to and recover

from change

Tools for Communities

• StormSmart Coasts• StormSmart Connect

• Resilience Index• Homeowner Handbooks• Sea-Level Rise Modeling

StormSmart Coasts

• Clearinghouse• State-specific information• New tools, funding opportunities• Case studies

One-Stop Resource for Coastal Decision Makers Working to Make Their Communities More Resilient

• news• before the storm• during the storm• after the storm• funding

StormSmart Coasts

Professional Networking Site for Coastal Decision Makers

Helps people work together more easily and efficiently

> 250 coastal decision makers registered

StormSmart Connect

messagesform/joingroups

create a profile

what you can do with it

share files

- Organizational - Plan events- Interests- Ad hoc

sendand find others

- documents- PDFs- Photos

Resilience Index

• Self-assessment • Identify community

strengths• Identify weaknesses • Generate dialog

across your

community

Resilience Index

• Self-assessment • Identify community

strengths• Identify weaknesses • Generate dialog

across your

community

Homeowner Handbooks

• Overview of regional

hazards• Steps and tools for

protecting your family

and your property

http://ms.stormsmartcoasts.org/handbook

Sea-Level Rise Modeling

http://www.csc.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/tools/slrviewer

Features*Displays potential future sea levels

*Provides simulations of sea level rise at local landmarks

*Communicates the spatial uncertainty of mapped sea levels

*Models potential marsh migration due to sea level rise

*Overlays social and economic data onto potential sea level rise

*Examines how tidal flooding will become more frequent with sea level rise

For More Information…

Rhonda Price

Coastal Community Resilience Team Coordinator

Rhonda.Price@dmr.ms.gov

Tracie Sempier

Coastal Storms Program Coordinator

Resilience Team, Toolkit Working Group Lead

tracie.sempier@usm.edu

Questions?

Online Demo’sStormSmart Coasts Network:

http://stormsmartcoasts.org/

Coastal Resilience Index Critical Facilities Tool:

http://csc-s-web-q.csc.noaa.gov/criticalfacilities/

Sea-Level Rise Visualization Tool:http://www.csc.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/tools/slrviewer