Project Name:
Overcoming Barriers to Motivate Community Action to Enhance ResilienceOther Research Participants/Partners:
Austin Becker, University of Rhode Island; Donald Robadue, University of Rhode Island; Pamela Rubinoff, Coastal Resources Center, University of Rhode IslandProject Description:
To date there is little quantitative information on the ability of communities to adapt to the threat of coastal hazards (e.g., Corps of Engineers, 2012). This project will help increase community resilience by providing a better understanding of the barriers that communities face in adapting to coastal storm hazards, and by designing and testing interventions that can have the potential to overcome these barriers. We will combine individual interviews, group decision processes and policy simulation exercises to identify key barriers and to design interventions to overcome those barriers.
Presentations and Reports:
2016 Annual Meeting presentation
2017 Annual Meeting presentation
Year 1 Annual Report
Year 2 Annual Report
Final Project Report
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Dr. Opaluch explains his project: