ADAPTVA

Adaptation Stories

Evidence-based planning for changing climate

- Learn how human and natural systems adjust to a new or changing environment. Adaptation can be measures that moderate negative effects, cope with the consequences of change, or those that take advantage of opportunities.
  
  Flood adaptation categories:
  - Management/Retreat
    Human impacts are minimized by avoiding, minimizing or regulating human use of the coastal area
  - Accommodation
    Humans continue to use and occupy the coast, but adapt to reduce flood impact
  - Protection
    Structural (hard or soft) engineering aims to protect the land from the water
View flood adaptation matrix
SHORELINES

Natural features like marshes and beaches can protect shorelines while providing water quality and habitats for coastal resilience. Conventional shorelines can be enhanced through the addition of natural or novel green features.

See and read stories of resilient shorelines in Virginia and beyond.

Learn more about living shorelines on the Center for Coastal Resources Management, Virginia Institute of Marine Science Living shorelines webpage.
INFRASTRUCTURE
- Where we live, work, learn, shop and play, how we get around and the power and water that support us are all subject to climate and flooding effects. Adaptation practices can make our infrastructure more resilient.
PLANNING
- Decisions which incorporate forecasted conditions increase the opportunity for sustainability and resilience of human and natural habitats.
FUNDING
- Economic drivers from flood insurance to building loans to natural capital finance all play a role in climate adaptation.

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Adaptation Stories

SHORELINES

INFRASTRUCTURE

PLANNING

FUNDING