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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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Account for climate projections in water and water infrastructure planning.

 		Built Environment, Planning

Acquire exposed land. Repurpose for open space and water management.

 		Retreat and Relocate, Acquire and Repurpose Land

Adapt transit service and fares during extreme heat and smoke events.

 		Emergency Management, Response

Adapt winter road operations and materials.

 		Emergency Management, Preparedness, Response

Adopt and enforce wildland-urban interface fire codes.

 		Land Use and Development, Building Codes

Adopt and update sediment and erosion control regulations.

 		Land Use and Development, Standards and Regulations

Adopt freeboard and elevation requirements in floodplain regulations.

 		Land Use and Development, Building Codes

Adopt hazard overlay zones and district-based development regulations

 		Land Use Practice, Land Use and Development

Adopt low-impact development standards and regulations.

 		Land Use and Development, Low Impact Development (LID)

Adopt policies protecting watershed function and air and water quality.

 		Land Use and Development, Land Use Practice

Adopt policies sustaining agricultural viability under climate change.

 		Working Lands, Vegetation, and Fuels, Working Lands

Adopt urban forest management policies and maintenance standards.

 		Working Lands, Vegetation, and Fuels, Manage Urban Forests and Vegetation

Advance net-zero energy and green strategies at water utilities.

 		Water Utilities, Advance Net-Zero Water Utilities

Advocate for state and regional coordination and investment in resilience.

 		Governance and Funding, Governance Capacity Building

Anticipate and plan for the skilled workforce needed to build, operate, and maintain new clean-energy infrastructure.

 		Workforce, Workforce, Staffing, Training

Assess and inventory ecosystems, natural assets, and their protective services.

 		Data and Information, Data Collection, Analysis, Research, Assess Vulnerability & Risk

Assess and map local air quality.

 		Data and Information, Assessment

Assess climate-driven migration patterns and community impacts.

 		Data and Information, Assessment

Assess urban tree canopy, cooling capacity, and management needs.

 		Data and Information, Assessment

Assess water supply, quality, and infrastructure vulnerabilities under climate change.

 		Data and Information, Assessment