Siyu Yu, Matt Malecha, and Jaimie Masterson received funding from the Gulf Research Program of the National Academies of Science to increase the disaster and climate change planning capacity of small towns and rural communities in the Gulf Coast, and strengthen the capacity of the planning Community of Practice to address hazards and climate change in ways that also improve equity for communities of color and low-income communities in these places. The project will develop four disaster and climate change planning tool “packages,” covering Risk Analysis, Housing Vulnerability, Plan Integration for Resilience Scorecard for Small Towns, and Integrating Hazards into Comprehensive Plans.
