Community resiliency to a changing climate, including both adaptation and mitigation strategies to proactivelyaddress risks and reduce vulnerabilities Preservation and restoration of natural landscapes, and/or the use of green infrastructure and green infrastructurepolicies that reduce watershed imperviousness
Accessibility and green public spaces including: pedestrian and bike trails that connect people to parks, nature andpublic spaces; community landscaping, preferably with native plant species; tree-planting and urban forestry;accessible neighborhood parks, greens and/or squares; community gardens; and mitigation of “heat island” effects Climate-adaptive design approach which prioritizes non-structural or natural-based measures approaches to promoteresiliency. Structural measures should only be recommended where non-structural or nature-based alternativemeasures have been proven to be inadequate A framework that encourages sustainable development or redevelopment of communities in appropriate locationsoutside of flood prone areas Consideration of sea-level rise, storm surge, erosion and/or flooding in project design to make projects on publicproperty and/or public facilities more resilient The systems inter-dependencies among various critical facilities, forms of infrastructure (e.g., transportation,energy, waste management, stormwater management) and relevant governmental functions. The effects of a changing climate on agriculture and farmland as a viable industry with minimal environmentalimpacts Resilient housing initiatives that address the impacts of a changing climate on an older housing stock anddisadvantaged population Job development in green infrastructure sectors, and overall economic development opportunities presented byresiliency planning Economic resiliency in the aftermath of a potential severe climate related event Transportation and infrastructure resilience, including identification of projects for future grant applications to theDepartment of Transportation PROTECT program and other Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding opportunities.
