Where Are You In the Planning Process, and What Do You Want to Do? 

How you use this Guide depends on your community goals and where you are in the planning process.

• If you want to assess your community’s risks and vulnerabilities, see Step 1.

• • If you want to find recommended best practices for community engagement to obtain input on your risk assessment, see Step 1 here.

• If you want to research various options available to mitigate or adapt to climate-change risks, see Step 2.

• • Specifically, for information about reducing risk by limiting development, see Step 2 here.
  • For information about reducing risk to buildings, see Step 2 here; and for reducing risk to infrastructure, see Step 2 here.
  • For addressing risks to historic and cultural sites, including cemeteries, see Step 2 here.
  • For reducing risks by using green infrastructure (such as living shorelines, permeable pavers, or beach replenishment) or gray infrastructure (such as seawalls, levees, and traditional pipes and culverts), see Step 2 here.
  • For planned relocation away from high risk areas, see Step 2 here.
  • If you want to find recommended best practices for community engagement when selecting options, see Step 2 here.

• If you have assessed your community’s risks already, and have worked with your community to decide which options to pursue, see Step 3 for help with developing your Adaptation Plan.

• • • If you want to find recommended best practices for community engagement in plan development, see Step 3 here.
• If you are seeking funding, see Step 4.
• If you have a completed resilience plan, see Step 5.