Dan Burger, Director, Coastal Services Division S.C. DHEC Ocean and Coastal Resource Management Chair, Charleston Resilience Network

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1 Dan Burger, Director, Coastal Services Division S.C. DHEC Ocean and Coastal Resource Management Chair, Charleston Resilience Network

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3 The Charleston Resilience Network will work to foster a unified strategy and provide a forum to share science-based information, educate stakeholders and enhance long-term planning decisions that result in resilience. Organizing Committee The City of Charleston S.C. Dept. of Health and Environmental Control S.C. Sea Grant Consortium College of Charleston SCANA Corporation Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments Charleston Water System Charleston County Advisory: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of Infrastructure Protection, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

4 Establish the governance structure, topical area(s) and geographic scope for the Charleston Resilience Network Promote consistent, coordinated, and comprehensive approach to support resilience planning and action across sectors in the Charleston region Identify and engage stakeholders to incorporate resilience into planning, design, construction and mitigation efforts Initial focus on water-related hazards Most visible hazard Chronic and episodic impact Numerous existing programs and research efforts

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7 Photos (clockwise from left): N. Carey, S.C. DHEC/MyCoast, Ibid., T. Mitchum, L. Fly

8 Public Service Improvement/ Storm Water

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10 Hosted by DHS, NOAA, FEMA and USACOE Local Planning Team 65 Players from public, private, NGO sectors How do owner/operators of critical infrastructure and those who depend on it account for climaterelated hazards in their planning? Assess awareness of climate-hazard vulnerability Heat Precipitation Flooding

11 Hazard Analysis Hot summers with little relief in temperatures Increased evaporation may affect water availability Increase in coastal flooding extent, frequency and duration in tidal conditions Increase in storm surge inundation TTX Exercise Climate adaptation planning needs to be driven more consistently at the local level, where most of the impacts will occur. Continued education and outreach efforts are needed to ensure uniform knowledge of how climate hazards impact critical infrastructure over the long term.

12 Initially a partnership with the City of Charleston, later expanded to Region Capacity development and assistance Builds on existing dialog of resilience to disasters and disruptions Symposium on October 2015 Floods

13 Introductions Integration of Science with Management State of the Science & Lessons Learned from the October 2015 Flood Strategic Outreach and Extension Discussion Success, Challenges and Opportunities Questions

14 Rick Devoe Executive Director S.C. Sea Grant Consortium Mark Wilbert Emergency Manager City of Charleston, S.C. Liz Fly, Ph.D. Coastal Climate Extension Specialist S.C. Sea Grant Consortium & Carolinas Integrated Sciences and Assessments (CISA)

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16 Four Phases of Emergency Management Preparedness Mitigation Response Recovery

17 Whole Community Approach to EM Build Partnerships w/cc experts to monitor CC effects Grants, infrastructure and benefit/cost analysis How CC will impact local communities Promote building standards and practices Partnerships to assess CC impact on risk data

18 Need to Create Connections Climate Experts Federal, state and local officials involved Multi-disciplines Understand what Climate Change really means for community, workplace and home life location and environment matter It may or not be obvious Bring others into the discussion Public Safety, Planning, Administration

19 Climate hazard: Extreme weather

20 SSDN Partnership for Resilience and Empowered Planning- Spring 2015 Worklist was EM focused Their issues were my issues and vice versa DHS Critical Infrastructure TTX Numerous Sectors and Interests Science and Data as a tool NAS Resilient America Roundtable Focus was/is Disaster Resilience Initially very engineering focused Blend with engineering, social and people issues

21 South Carolina Aquarium Vulnerable population focus City of Charleston Sea Level Rise Strategy CRN, Scientific Community Charleston Resilience Network (CRN) 2015 Flood Symposium (After Action) City Hazards Overview Colleges and Universities CRN Sectors and Constituents (connecting the dots) Medical, Educational Homeless, Vulnerable Social Determinants of Health

22 The Science and Art of Developing a Unified Strategy to Achieve Resiliency: (Some) Lessons Learned M. Richard DeVoe Executive Director South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium Charleston, SC on behalf of the Charleston Charleston Resiliency Resilience Network Network

23 Hurricane Hugo Approaching Landfall Charleston, SC September 21, 1989 Charleston Resilience Network

24 The October 2015 South Carolina Rain/Flood Event Photo courtesy of Nicole Carey Charleston Resilience Network

25 L Joaquin Courtesy R. Morales, National Weather Service Charleston Resilience Network

26 Charleston Resilience Network Courtesy R. Morales, National Weather Service

27 Total Flood Damage* *Source: The Insurance Journal; provided by Dr. Joey Von Nessen Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina Charleston Resilience Network

28 UNDERSTANDING THE 2015 CHARLESTON FLOODS A Symposium Hosted by the Charleston Resilience Network in Partnership with the National Academy of Sciences February 23, 2016 Sectors: Critical Infrastructure Public Health/Safety Business/Economics Questions addressed: What worked? What didn t work? Lessons learned and recommendations? Moving forward: A panel of local leaders to discuss future resilience issues Charleston Resilience Network

29 Realizations and Observations Resiliency is not new to the Charleston region; we have a foundation to build upon Hugo was our wake-up call The Charleston region has benefitted from the work of many institutions and organizations on resiliency issues; we need to continue to take advantage of the multitude of resources that are at our disposal The science (e.g., of flooding ) and information (e.g., design standards) we use in decision-making must be refined and applied at appropriate time & spatial scales We must think a bit further into the future when making decisions; and decisions we make should be made with a bit more caution than in the past Charleston Resilience Network

30 Take-Homes Partnerships Relationships Leveraging Learning Messaging Awareness Build, Develop, Nurture, Expand, Enhance Never do anything by yourself Resources, Information, Tools, Technologies, People Research, Experience, Training Technical, Risk, Ramifications, Prevention, Mitigation, Response Audiences, Pathways, Methods Communications Proactive, Consistent, Continuous Planning Responsibility Preparation, Practice, Implementation All need to take Ownership Charleston Resilience Network

31 Moving Ahead Develop coalitions and connections at grass-roots level Discuss and align common goals, themes, and messaging Identify information and capability gaps Cultivate resources to accomplish priority needs Don t wait until it s an emergency Anticipate future events ( How you do business every day is how you will do business during an event ) Plan for multiple scenarios be prepared for multiple outcomes Need to begin to look at future flood risks Charleston Resilience Network

32 Practicing (we think ) what we preach CRN, through SCSGC, securing two awards: NOAA-NOS Regional Coastal Resiliency Grant (awarded) Parcel-level flood mapping and community engagement within selected communities in Charleston, SC region DHS-NIPP Security and Resilience Challenge (in negotiation) Development of multi-hazard coastal resiliency assessment and adaptation indices and tools applicable at local scales Attributes of both: Community/neighborhood scale studies and information transfer Citizen/stakeholder engagement beginning-to-end Pilots for possible application to other neighborhoods along coast Capacity building and awareness raising among local leaders Seek to build the integrated network of all service providers Charleston Resilience Network

33 Questions? Rick DeVoe Executive Director SC Sea Grant Consortium special thanks to Ron Morales, Joey Von Nessen, and my colleagues with the CRN Charleston Resilience Network

34 Community Engagement: The Keystone to Success for the Charleston Resilience Network Elizabeth Fly, PhD Coastal Climate Extension Specialist

35 NOAA-NOS Regional Coastal Resiliency Grant Parcel-level flood mapping and community engagement within selected communities in Charleston, SC region Identifying and engaging adaptation action areas

36 Pepperhill Mount Pleasant/ Phillips Community North Charleston Cainhoy Upper peninsula WestEdge DuWap James Island

37 Identifying and engaging adaptation action areas Criteria High flood risk Emerging growth Demographic and economic diversity Area slated for current or future redevelopment Community buy-in Critical resources Historic significance

38 Pepperhill Mount Pleasant/ Phillips Community North Charleston Cainhoy Upper peninsula WestEdge DuWap James Island

39 Pepperhill Mount Pleasant/ Phillips Community North Charleston Cainhoy Upper peninsula WestEdge DuWap James Island

40 Pepperhill Mount Pleasant/ Phillips Community North Charleston Cainhoy Upper peninsula WestEdge DuWap James Island

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42 Mount Pleasant/ Phillips Community North Charleston WestEdge DuWap

43 Adaptation Action Areas Year 1 Year 2 Year 3

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45 VCAPS Vulnerability, Consequences, and Adaptation Planning Scenarios Year 2 VCAPS building blocks

46 Year 3

47 Adaptation Action Areas Year 1 Year 2 Year 3

48 What is the best organizational model for the coalition? How do we strategically align strategies and programs? How do we enhance CRN capacity to communicate and deliver value-added products and services particularly to those who need it most? How do we engage nontraditional allies?

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