Options Database

Explore more than a thousand resilience-building solutions considered by other communities. Each option is tied to specific hazards and assets, compiled from recent climate adaptation and resilience plans published in the United States.

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Option	Hazards	Assets
Identify individuals and households vulnerable to the effects of drought. Consider low- and moderate-income populations, older adults, individuals with mobility issues, households with limited English proficiency and households that lack personal transportation. Develop programs to support these residents during times of drought.	Drought	People
Identify individuals vulnerable to wildfire and determine if they may need additional support or public services during a wildfire.	Wildfire	People
Identify individuals vulnerable to the effects of flooding and determine if they may need additional support or public services during and after a flood.	Flooding – Coastal Flooding – General	People
Identify lift stations and force mains that may be impacting raw water supply (e.g., force mains that transport sewage across lakes).	Water Quality	Water Infrastructure – General Water Infrastructure – Stormwater
Identify locations of controlled (prescribed) burns and track them in a database.	Wildfire	Agriculture and Food Supply Water Infrastructure – Wastewater Natural Areas and Wildlife Property
Identify open space that could function as water storage areas.	Flooding – Coastal Flooding – General Flooding – Rainfall-induced	Aquatic and Marine Resources Natural Areas and Wildlife
Identify opportunities for and install check valves to prevent tidal inundation and design based on SLR projections.	Flooding – Coastal	Multiple or All Assets
Identify opportunities for installing check valves. Check valves can help prevent sea water from backing up into drainage infrastructure. This strategy can help prevent tidal inundation. Prioritize check value installations in areas with vulnerable communities.	Flooding – Coastal	Water Infrastructure – General Water Infrastructure – Stormwater
Identify opportunities to improve how public and private projects are designed. Keep flooding and sea level rise in mind.	Flooding – Coastal Flooding – General	Transportation and Mobility Multiple or All Assets
Identify opportunities to improve how local government projects are designed with flooding and sea level rise in mind.	Flooding – Coastal	Multiple or All Assets
Identify park-poor communities and ensure that new parks and trail systems are within walking distance to underserved populations.	Extreme Heat	Urban Landscape and Tree Canopy Natural Areas and Wildlife
Identify permanent funding from the local government to support forest health improvements that would reduce wildfire risk and provide ecosystem service protection.	Shifting Species, Habitats, and Ecosystems Wildfire	Agriculture and Food Supply Aquatic and Marine Resources Natural Areas and Wildlife
Identify potential funding sources for harbor construction	Erosion and Shoreline Recession	Critical Facilities
Identify processes (e.g., policy, programmatic and financial tools) to support runoff and erosion management in riparian areas.	Erosion and Shoreline Recession Flooding – Rainfall-induced	Agriculture and Food Supply Water Infrastructure – Wastewater
Identify specific locations and general conditions that could use living shorelines in place of, or in combination with, seawalls.	Erosion and Shoreline Recession Flooding – Coastal	Water Infrastructure – Wastewater
Identify steps to get the correct certifications on community-constructed electrical and plumbing systems.	Shifting Species, Habitats, and Ecosystems	Critical Facilities
Identify the human diseases exacerbated or spread by climate change, either directly or indirectly from impacts on water quality and lower drainage capacity.	Vector-Borne Disease Water Quality	People
Identify the locations of water distribution, water treatment and stormwater infrastructure. Monitor their conditions (i.e., age, material integrity). Note that subsidence can negatively affect water infrastructure during drought.	Drought Flooding – Coastal Flooding – General Flooding – Rainfall-induced	Water Infrastructure – Drinking Water Water Infrastructure – General Water Infrastructure – Stormwater
Implement applicable wildfire risk mitigation techniques such as prescribed/controlled burns on pilot forests	Wildfire	Natural Areas and Wildlife
Implement Best Management Practices for stormwater when constructing or rehabilitating housing and public facilities.	Flooding – General	Property Water Infrastructure – Stormwater