Background: Since 2010, damaging and costly storms have hit the Northeast with a trend of increasing frequency, which is only expected to rise due to the effects of climate change. These storms have raised questions about the adequacy of the region's risk-management system. Our research is focused on the role of local governments, which have land use planning and regulation within their jurisdiction. This research seeks to understand what cities and towns in the Northeast have done and could do to adapt to climate change.
Reilly, Allie,
"Community adaptation to the risks of climate change"
(2014).
Summer Research Symposium.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://doi.org/10.26300/82pk-fk21
Each year, Brown University showcases the research of its undergraduates at the Summer Research Symposium. More than half of the student-researchers are UTRA recipients, while others receive funding from a variety of Brown-administered and national programs and fellowships and go …
