Frameworks and methodologies for assessing risk across sectors
Resilience planning starts with understanding the types of hazards and risks a community will likely face in the future. Communities and organizations should consider past extreme weather-related disasters, but resilience planning must also consider projections of future conditions. ClimRR can help users gain an understanding of local-scale future conditions and extremes across the continental United States.
The ClimRR National Map Explorer allows users to conduct on-the-fly analyses of future conditions and provides direct integration of infrastructure and demographic data to analyze risk and plan for resilience. For location-specific summaries of historical and future conditions information, check out the ClimRR Local Projections Tool.
An overall assessment of future risks forms the basis for determining which strategies will provide the greatest risk avoidance and reduction. ClimRR is one tool that can help communities undertake this type of risk analysis. For example, ClimRR data on extreme temperatures can help planners assess changing heat exposure at mid-century or end-of-century for a given area. ClimRR data on precipitation can provide insight into potential flooding risks or impacts to agriculture.
Local risk analysis will also need to consider the expected damages or loss of functioning to facilities, assets, and neighborhoods, along with the costs incurred from these damages. This information can help prioritize adaptation and investment, and inform long-term changes needed to mitigate evolving risk.
