Find interactive websites, reports, mapping and other tools to help you achieve your resilience goals.
Use this resource to: Review a framework for approaching stream assessment and restoration from a function-based perspective. The document includes technical information on federal compensatory mitigation regulations, the formation of watersheds and river corridors, stream functions, sediment transport, hydrology and more.
Hosted by: EPA; US Fish and Wildlife Service
Released: 2012
Use this resource to: Read about NOAA’s recommended process for assessing the costs and benefits of using green infrastructure to reduce flooding.
Hosted by: NOAA Office for Coastal Management
Released: 2015
Use this resource to: Review this overview of supply chain challenges that occurred during the Covid-19 pandemic and how they might be replicated by climate change impacts. The resource also includes recommendations for preparing for future supply chain shortages.
Hosted by: Boston Consulting Group
Released: 2021
Use this resource to: Access links to a variety of equity-focused adaptation resources.
Hosted by: Georgetown Climate Center
Released: Unknown
Use this resource to: Review case studies demonstrating 26 different flood management approaches. The resource, available as a report or digital tool, breaks down each approach by cost, benefits and implementation considerations. The case studies, pulled from the U.S. and the Netherlands, highlight land use, policy, stormwater, drainage system and shoreline solutions.
Hosted by: American Flood Coalition
Released: 2021
Use this resource to: Determine how the coastal flooding and sea level rise of today and tomorrow can affect your stormwater systems. You can also generate reports that display current and future flooding impacts and inform planning efforts in your community. NOAA developed the tool for stormwater and floodplain managers and for land use planners.
Hosted by: NOAA Office for Coastal Management
Released: 2023
Use this resource to: Review the science behind urban heat islands and identify potential governmental mandates, incentives and public education programs to help your residents adapt to the increasing number days and nights with extremely high temperatures.
Hosted by: Georgetown Climate Center
Released: 2012
Use this resource to: Substantial flood risk can reside outside of traditional regulatory floodplain boundaries. View this map to assess a range of advisory flooding scenarios, their associated flood risks, potential damages and possible management alternatives.
Hosted by: Substantial flood risk can reside outside of traditional regulatory floodplain boundaries. View this map to assess a range of advisory flooding scenarios, their associated flood risks, potential damages and possible management alternatives.
Released: Unknown
Use this resource to: Use this portal to view past, current and forecasted air quality data (ozone and PM2.5) for each county in North Carolina. The resource also hosts resources about historical wind conditions.
Hosted by: State Climate Office of North Carolina; NC Department of Environmental Quality
Released: 2020
Use this resource to: Understand the impacts on your jurisdiction using the online map populated with data from NCA5. See the spatial projections of the change in the number of days over 95 degrees, change in extreme precipitation and more, and add data layers such as the Justice 40 tracts. Or download climate projection maps to use on your computer.
Hosted by: US Global Change Research Program
Released: 2023
Use this resource to: Obtain information about billion-dollar disasters that have hit North Carolina, as well as other states. Going back to 1980, see monthly and yearly counts, estimated costs and number of deaths of major floods, hurricanes, droughts, wildfires and other disasters. Read a description of each disaster.
Hosted by: NOAA National Centers for Economic Information
Released: 2023
Use this resource to: Review the latest trends and approaches for bioretention design, construction, inspection and maintenance. The handbook contains numerous photographs of bioretention facilities that showcase the diversity of design techniques.
Hosted by: EPA
Released: 2023
Use this resource to: As you prepare to build your own bioretention basin, review the results of research on the performance of bioretention cells installed in Greensboro, Chapel Hill, Louisburg and Charlotte. This resource hosts the design specifications, instructions on how to design a cell to remove specific pollutants and more.
Hosted by: As you prepare to build your own bioretention basin, review the results of research on the performance of bioretention cells installed in Greensboro, Chapel Hill, Louisburg and Charlotte. This resource hosts the design specifications, instructions on how to design a cell to remove specific pollutants and more.
Released: Unknown
Use this resource to: Access reports and meeting recordings focused on building alliances for climate action and resilience. The resources include insights, guidance, perspectives, personal stories and resources for advancing equitable climate resilience through partnerships and diverse voices.
Hosted by: FEMA; Resilient Nation Partnership
Released: Unknown
Use this resource to: Read about the importance of building codes in the defense against hurricanes, flooding and other natural disasters. The document also contains examples of communities with effective pre-disaster mitigation strategies and outlines code provisions from the International Codes that were put in place to mitigate future risk.
Hosted by: International Code Council; Alliance for National and Community Resilience
Released: 2018