Resiliency in NC
Resiliency Resource Websites
Note: Websites change over time, so some of the links below may no longer be active. We will do our best to keep links up to date. Reports of inactive links are appreciated. If you find a link that is no longer working, please email APA-NC Chapter Administrator.
For questions regarding the APA-NC Resiliency Committee, please contact the APA-NC Resiliency Committee Co-Chairs at lzuyeva@vhb.com or schipley@fernleaf.us.
NC GOVERNMENT SITES
NC Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ)
Divisions of interest include Coastal Management Division, and Environmental Assistance and Customer Service Division
NC Division of Coastal Management
deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/coastal-management
NC Emergency Management Division
Under NC Department of Public Safety. Topics such as Disaster Recovery, Hazardous Materials, Emergency Communications, Homeland Security, Nuclear Emergency Preparedness, Risk Management, and Grants.
NC Floodplain Mapping Program - Mitigation
flood.nc.gov/ncflood/mitigation.html
Mitigation
NC Floodplain Mapping Program - NC Flood Risk Information System (FRIS)
Online tool and downloadable data
Resiliency, ReBUILD NC
Under NC Emergency Management Division
Executive Order No. 80
Climate Change and Transition to a Clean Energy Economy
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SITES
NOAA Office for Coastal Management
Access to science and environmental intelligence to address storm preparedness, erosion, development, habitat loss, sea level rise, threats to water quality, etc.
Ready
Any person to prepare for, respond to and mitigate emergencies, including natural and man-made disasters.
U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit
Under U.S. Global Change Research Program
U.S. Department of Agriculture - Disaster Resource Center
www.usda.gov/topics/disaster-resource-center
Food safety, pests and animal disease, weather events, and wildland fire.
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
Energy, climate change, energy system security (Infrastructure Security and Energy Restoration (ISERI), emergency response).
U.S. Economic Development Administration - Disaster Recovery
www.eda.gov/disaster-recovery/
Disaster recovery, funding, resources
National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS), under U.S. DHS
www.dhs.gov/national-terrorism-advisory-system
Communicates terrorist threat information in a timely, detailed manner.
PLANNING PROFESSION RELATED SITES
APA
– Hazard Mitigation and Disaster Recovery Planning Division (HMDR)
www.planning.org/divisions/hazardmitigation/
APA
Division membership required for full access.
APA
– Coastal Zone Management (2016)
www.planning.org/publications/report/9026904/
PAS Report 581
APA
– Planning for Infrastructure Resilience (2019)
www.planning.org/publications/report/9192800/
PAS Report 596
APA
– Planning for Post-Disaster Recovery: Next Generation (2014)
www.planning.org/publications/report/9026899/
PAS Report 576
APA
– Hazard Mitigation: Integrating Best Practices into Planning (2010)
www.planning.org/publications/report/9026884/
PAS Report 560
VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
BuildStrong
Coalition
Group
of firefighters, emergency responders, insurers, engineers, architects, contractors
and manufacturers, consumer organizations, code specialists and others for a
more resilient America.
Coastal
Resilience Center – U.S. Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence
coastalresiliencecenter.unc.edu/
Established
with a limited grant using UNC at Chapel Hill.
Golden
LEAF Foundation
Economic
opportunity for NC rural and tobacco-dependent communities. Grants
National
Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC)
Advocacy
areas include Crop Insurance, Natural Disaster & Mitigation Policy, and
Terrorism Risk Insurance. Also includes “Disaster” Resource Center
Naturally
Resilient Communities
Lists
of solutions, case studies, funding sources, and resources.
The Nature Conservancy
Topics such as resilience, response and recovery, climate change.
NC Joint Underwriting Association (NCJUA) & NC Insurance Underwriting Association (NCIUA)
NCJUA has FAIR (Fair Access to Insurance Requirements) Plan and NCIUA also known as Coastal Property Insurance Pool.
NC League of Municipalities
Annual Leadership in Community Resilience Program.
NC Sea Grant Website, NCSU
North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)
Not-for-profit international regulatory authority to reduce risks to the electrical grid.
Urban Land Institute (ULI) - Urban Resilience Program
americas.uli.org/research/centers-initiatives/urban-resilience-program/
Technical assistance, knowledge, catalyze adoption of practices.