FAU’s Home & High Water S1 E1. Neighborhood Climate Resilience, Part 1: “Things Are Changing”

In a rapidly changing climate, being able to map and quantify the vulnerability and resilience of a community is critical because it is often the first picture decision-makers have of an area, shaping vital policy decisions from hazard preparation to response.

This week, we launch Part 1 of a 2-part series exploring the resilience assessment that enables us to understand a community’s capacity to respond to hazards in one South Florida neighborhood. In Part 1, we learn about the resilience assessments that provide a crucial foundation to our understanding of community vulnerability and resilience.

Additional Resources:

• Read Bridget Huston’s Master’s Thesis: “Understanding Climate Resilience to Environmental Hazards: How A Broward County Community Assessment Helps To Complete The Picture”

• Documentary Photo Story created by residents at the Estates of Fort Lauderdale during a workshop facilitated by CES

• Understanding Resilience in a Changing Climate: How a Community Collaboratory Reveals New Insight

• Learn more about coastal resilience research at FAU’s CES

• Learn more about FAU’s CES Neighborhood Resilience Mapping research project

Bridget Huston
CES Graduate Research Assistant

Leslie Kevles
Resident at the Estates of Fort Lauderdale

Jan Booher
Heron Bridge Education, LLC

Dr. Colin Polsky
CES Director