Resilience to Future Flooding

The Resilience to Future Flooding project focuses on addressing communication and financial barriers to sea-level rise resilience in the northern Gulf.

Understanding the breadth of information on sea-level rise and its related hazards is a significant challenge, especially for communities with limited time and resources. To reduce this barrier, a series of short films (around 5 minutes each) were developed covering the science of sea-level rise and case studies of how different Gulf Coast communities are increasing their resilience to sea-level rise hazards.

Local governments are the entities most likely to create successful sea-level rise resilience strategies and actions because they’re most in-tune to community needs, however they are also often resource-limited and undersourced. To reduce this barrier, this project supported local resilience projects focused on supporting communities throughout the north Gulf to increase resilience to sea-level rise, future flooding, and related hazards.

Video Resources

Learn more about the basics of sea level rise and future flooding.

Tides of Change
SLR Basics
Planning for Rising Seas
Amplified Storm Surge

Video Diaries

Discover how different communities are building resilience to future flooding.

Santa Rosa County
Alligator Point
Historic Apalachicola
Biloxi
Magnolia River

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Andrew Medhurst, Coastal Resilience Specialist

andrew.medhurst@msstate.edu

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info@placeslr.org
1815 Popps Ferry Rd. Biloxi, MS 39532

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About the Program for Local Adaptation to Changing environments

PLACE fosters a network of individuals and organizations working to enhance resilience to changing environmental conditions. It increases access to and application of relevant research, stimulates dialogue around vulnerabilities and adaptation strategies, and provides resources that facilitate resilience and mitigation actions. These goals are achieved by working directly with stakeholders across the Northern Gulf to identify critical gaps and address them by leveraging the resources and expertise of the network.