Plan

Triangle Region, NC Regional Resilience Assessment

Summary

The assessment should be considered a starting point—one that focuses on regional solutions and begins the process of building community preparedness. Local governments should use the assessment as a guide for more detailed local planning to promote a more equitable and resilient future. The assessment empowers the region and its people to integrate long-term data analysis into current decisionmaking processes so that they can make decisions with confidence and take action to build a resilient, climate-ready place to live, work, and thrive.

Year
2024

Details

Hazards Addressed
Drought
Extreme Heat
Flooding – General
Wildfire
Assets
Multiple or All Assets
People
Property
Transportation and Mobility
Water Infrastructure – General
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Lessons Learned

Most of the threats and hazards selected for this assessment are existing hazard events that have impacted the community in the past. What should be noted is that they have the potential to change in frequency or severity in a changing climate.

Options Used

Create financing incentives that would encourage local businesses, building managers and owners to regularly conduct maintenance that includes checks for water losses, such as checking for leaky pipes Encourage commercial and industrial cooling tower system upgrades that decrease water use. Increasing water use efficiency can prevent or alleviate drought impacts. Cooling towers can be high volume water Use FireWise toolkit/certifications to increase public awareness on Wildland Urban Interface areas

Steps to Resilience

Get Started
Understand Exposure
Assess Vulnerability & Risk
Investigate Options
Prioritize & Plan
Take Action

Plans

Triangle Region, NC Regional Resilience Assessment

Relevant Options

Increase urban green space to reduce runoff, promote groundwater recharge and reduce drought impacts. Examples might include using permeable streets and increasing greenery and water retention basins Integrate drought preparedness and management efforts into community plans (e.g., comprehensive plan, strategic plan, water resource plan) Create and invest in strategic pre-disaster plans for post-disaster recovery.
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