Options Database

Update plans and guidance as new climate projections and analysis becomes available.

Update risk and vulnerability assessments of critical facilities. Work with responsible parties to ensure that they identify and undertake critical improvements to transportation, buildings, IT, telecoms and utilities sectors. Updates should be make in response to revised floodplain demarcations, for example, and incorporate future climate projections.

Update the City’s Comprehensive Plan for SLR and reevaluate the City’s Zoning Ordinance.

Update the flood ordinance to include freeboard. Communities in North Carolina can choose to set their freeboard at any level.

Update the Intensity, Duration and Frequency (IDF) curves used by stormwater infrastructure designers to inform the sizing of new capital improvements based on latest precipitation data.

Update the jurisdiction's comprehensive plan and zoning ordinance to account for future sea level rise conditions.

Update the public on the status of local stormwater management systems' ability to handle stormwater.

Update the zoning ordinance to promote Low Impact Development and more resilient development in low lying areas.

Update zoning requirements to prevent the location of key food infrastructure in the floodplain.

Upgrade water and wastewater systems to accommodate projected changes in water quality, quantity and availability.

Upgrade water and wastewater systems to accommodate projected changes in water quality and availability.

Urge federal, state, regional and local partners to prioritize climate change considerations in the planning, construction and operation of the regional water management and flood control system.

Use air quality information to empower residents to understand how forest fires in the U.S. affect local issues such as asthma and other health issues.

Use best available science to inform fire management and planning to manage ecosystem health, community safety and carbon storage.

Use check valves, sump pumps and backflow prevention devices in homes and public facilities.

Use a cooperative procurement process to purchase trees in bulk, in partnership with nearby governments or other local organizations.

Use debris-flow measures that may reduce damage in sloping areas, such as stabilization, efforts to spread or dissipate the force and flow control measures.

Use a detailed analysis of landslide susceptibility when considering infill and development proposals. Consider the impacts of upslope and downslope debris flow pathways using shallow translational slopes from NC maps to update ordinances and apply additional regulations.

Use easements for erosion control.

Use fire simulator tools and surveillance mechanisms (e.g., watch towers, cameras) to manage wildfires.