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Resilience @ ODU Emily Steinhilber

Climate Change & Sea Level Rise: University Priority Since 2010 • Climate Change and Sea Level Rise Initiative 2010 • Hampton Roads Sea Level Rise & Adaptation Forum (partnership with VASG & HRPDC) 2012 • Groundbreaking research at CCPO discovers connection between Gulf Stream and Sea Level Rise 2013 • Intergovernmental Pilot Project As a national leader , ODU’s • Mitigation & Adaptation Research Institute 2014  interdisciplinary approach & faculty leadership are strengthening the Hampton • HUD National Disaster Resilience Competition 2015 Roads & Virginia communities • Commonwealth Center for Recurrent Flooding Resilience ODU is a non-partisan broker of expertise  • ODU Resilience Collaborative 2016 & in a natural test-bed for applied sea level rise and resilience research

ODU Resilience Collaborative Faculty driven initiative encourages strategic focus areas and partnerships across all colleges at ODU Stakeholder Engagement & Communications Transportation & Training & Nuisance Education Flooding Socioeconomic Impacts & Public Health Engineering & Green Climate Science Infrastructure Modeling & Simulation

Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography  Nationally recognized program  ODU research discovered connection between slowing of Gulf Stream & recent SLR (Ezer, 2013)  Sample areas of research:  Nuisance flooding in Norfolk  Impact of climate change  Sea surface topography  Subsidence  Gulf Stream & Sea Level Rise

HUD National Disaster Resilience Competition  Incorporated ODU Eng./Hampton Arch. capstone projects (Coastal Community Design Collaborative)  Focus on OPPORTUNITY .  $120 Million awarded to the Commonwealth in HUD’s NDRC Photo: Wetlands Watch competition.  ODU provided coordination for the multi-agency & multi-jurisdictional application.  Bipartisan support from our elected officials. Rendering: City of Norfolk

HUD NDRC Accelerator - RISE  $5 Million award from HUD NDRC  Jumpstart economic cluster around resilience and water management solutions  Innovative Technology  Work Force Development  Entrepreneurship  Virginia-wide resilience & economic benefits  University partners

Intergovernmental Pilot Project  2 Year project concluding in Summer 2016 convened @ODU w/ White House & DOD support  Developing a framework to effectively coordinate SLR preparedness and resilience planning in Hampton Roads  Focus on Whole of Government Process  Federal + State + Local + Community  Regional options usable as national template  Case Studies in infrastructure, public health, citizen engagement, & economics

Community Partners & Collaborations for Community Resilience  Bringing local stakeholders together with stakeholders from other regions creating a network of regions focused on resilience  Other Regional Approaches:  New Orleans & Florida  Other resilience initiatives in Hampton Roads & Virginia  University Collaborations – Universities from the East Coast convening at ODU next week

Commonwealth Center for Recurrent Flooding Resilience Flooding impacts the entire Commonwealth

10 Commonwealth Center for Recurrent Flooding Resiliency Flooding impacts the entire Commonwealth  2016 General Assembly Authorization & Climate  Commission Priority Leverage complimentary strengths of ODU + VIMS/W&M  Provide coordinated research & technical support  Enable decision making by local planners & emergency  managers Leverage CCRFR to bring funding to Virginia  Position Virginia as National Leader & expand advisory  services across the Commonwealth

CCRFR Ongoing Initiatives  Localized subsidence rates and  Analyze and build resilience in the mapping in cooperation with NASA Tourism industry in Virginia Beach in and USGS. collaboration with emergency managers and local business  Enhance & expand TideWatch & street-level storm surge modeling  Over time, accumulate and integrating data – v2 Live this Month! integrate data leveraging federal, state, local, NGO/Private, and university data to provide easy,  Use flood inundation modeling to test useful access for all stakeholders. and validate risk communication strategies to specific stakeholder groups in coordination with emergency managers  Analyze health and wellness benefits for utilizing green infrastructure and resilient building codes .

CCRFR Economic Impacts Series - Ongoing  Viability of water technology cluster for Hampton Roads (Released Soon)  Tax incentives to support a water technology cluster  FEMA’s NFIP Community Rating System and Hampton Roads’ localities  Historical look at property sales/leasing impacted by natural disaster

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