1. NOAA Coastal Services Center Providing state and local organizations with the skills, tools, and data needed to manage the nation’s coastal resources and communities.

2. Coastal planners Regulatory agencies Natural resource agencies Protected area managers Hazards planners Estuarine reserves Floodplain managers Conservation organizations Serving state and local organizations

3. Sample Products and Services Training Coastal Services magazine Coastal Zone conference GeoTools conference Gulf of Mexico Alliance Land Trust partnerships Visualizations Improving coastal management by providing new skills and information

4. Sample Products and Services Digital Coast Marine spatial planning Flood mapping products Hazard assessment tools Impervious surface analysis Nonpoint-source pollution and erosion comparison tool Improving coastal management by providing new tools

5. Sample Products and Services Land cover Topographic and bathymetric Benthic habitat mapping Social science Improving coastal management by providing new data

6. Hazard Resilience: Provides information, tools and technical support to help communities improve their resilience. Coastal and Ocean Planning: Raises awareness of climate change impacts, supports regional ocean governance, supports alternative energy development and incorporates climate change adaptation and hazards resilience into comprehensive land use planning. Conservation: Sustains and improves coastal and marine habitats, and the ecosystem services that they provide, through better strategic planning and implementation. Strategic Emphases

7. Hazards Data & Information Data & Derived Products – LIDAR, C-CAP, Topobathy Historic Hurricane Tracks Tool Storm Mapping Guide and Tutorial Model Output Mapping Methodology Shoreline Change

8. Hazards Visualization Hazard Assessment Tools and Templates Tsunamis Hazards Information Service Hurricane Evacuation Zone Tool Coastal Inundation Visualization Tools Flood Severity Mapping CanVis Visualization

9. Risk-Wise Behavior Targeted Products & Activities Risk Perception & Behavior Studies Risk Communication & Behavior Resources Risk-Based Decision-Making, Motivators, Incentives

10. Vulnerability and Resilience Assessment Risk, vulnerability, resilience assessment methods & tools Participatory processes & tools Contextual applications & resources – land use, conservation, climate adaptation, hazard mitigation, floodplain management

11. Community Resilience Definitions Absorb Buffer capacity Ability to absorb Magnitude of disturbance absorbed Recover Recovery capacity Speed of recovery Level of recovery Adapt Adaptive capacity Flexibility Growth potential

12. Redefining Outcomes - What is Success? “Aim high, and you won't shoot your foot off.” – Phyllis Diller Old Model: responsive to risks - able to survive and rebuild Success Measures = Higher survival rates + reduced $$ needed to repeat stupidity New Model: resilient to risks - able to absorb impacts and adapt to change Success Measures = Higher rates of recovery + improved resilience to future risks

13. Measuring Resilience through Indicators Cooperative Agreements - Louisiana & Texas Pilots (UNO, TAMU, SUNY) Gulf of Mexico Alliance – Resilience Index Coastal Community Resilience (CCR) Assessment Guidebook Heinz Center Resilience Coasts Initiative Community & Regional Resilience Initiative (CARRI) Local Pilots (Charleston, Pascagoula, Memphis) Others?

14. CRI Cooperative Agreements (FY07-09) Define quantifiable indicators and develop methodologies, tools, and information resources for the assessment of community resilience Develop scientifically defensible indicators for community resilience (ecological, economic, socio- cultural and physical) Develop a strategy for using indicators in efforts to enhance the resilience of coastal communities.

15. Considerations What are you developing that could be most useful to our audiences and what might we need to do to help them use it? What have you learned in the process that our audiences might want or need to know? How are you planning or considering using your results in the future?