Co-Development of Nature-Based Solutions for Resilience Planning on a Gulf Coast Barrier Island
Implementing Organization
Houston Advanced Research Center
Overview
DWH Project Funding
$98,293
Known Leveraged Funding
$0
Funding Organization
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine – Gulf Research Program (NASEM - GRP)
Funding Program
NASEM Gulf Research Program Grants
Details
Project Category
Science
Project Actions
Environmental Research
Targeted Resources
Project Description
The City of Galveston, Texas is a barrier island community, located on the Gulf of Mexico, that is susceptible to impacts resulting from extreme heat and precipitation-driven flooding. The North Broadway area community is disproportionately impacted because it contains the most socially vulnerable residents on Galveston Island, has increasing risk to the climate-related hazards, and has potential for elevated exposure from nearby industrial activity. The goal of this project is to engage community stakeholders in development of a planning prospectus to design a NBS project capable of increasing the North Broadway area’s social and ecological resilience. This project will use inclusive engagement approaches to align planning outcomes with a community driven vision for an equitable NBS project. A holistic systems approach is intended to advance contributions of the NBS plan to resilience and social equity aims within the community and align co-benefits with the most at-risk residents.
Contact
Ryan BareNone
rbare@harcresearch.org
Project Website
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