Coastal Resilience Committee Resource Page

Resiliency Groups

About the Coastal Resilience Committee:

The Coastal Resilience Committe (previously known as Sea Level Rise Committee) is an advisory committee in New Shoreham, Rhode Island comprised of eight members with a wide variety of backgrounds and expertise.

Mission Statement:

The Coastal Resilience Committee is established to gather current scientific data and build on community knowledge to advise the town on priority actions that will improve Block Island’s coastal resiliency. This is done by:

Understanding the potential threats to the island posed by sea level rise and climate change.
Regularly engaging with the community to collect input and conduct outreach.
Evaluating and recommending opportunities for adaptation and mitigation amidst a rapidly changing climate

Meeting Agendas, Members and Minutes can be found HERE

Title	Scale	Images
Rhode Island Department of Envornmental Management	State
URI Sea Grant	State
Rhode Island Infastructure Bank	State
Coastal Resource Management Commission	State
Rhode Island Coastal Resilincy Network	State
Municipal Resilience Program	State
Coastal Institute	State
Southern Rhode Island Conservaiton District	State
Rhode Island Statewide Planning Program	State
URI Coastal Resource Center	State

Resource Database

Climate work spans a wide variety of focuses, disciplines, and scales. This database includes some of the most relevant resources to coastal resiliency on Block Island. Use the following filters to explore a specific topic, see how different disciplines approach climate work, narrow the scale of the resource from universally relevant to specific to Block Island or see what resources are available for a certain audience. If you know of a source you would like to see on this page, use the following section to make a submission!

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Title	Source	Resiliency Topic	Disciplanary Approach	Scale	Format	Date
Coastal Bluffs of New England	U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1	Coastal Erosion	Science of Climate Change	National	Reports & Research
Coastal Green Infrastructure to Enhance Resilience of State Route 1, Delaware	U.S. Department of Transportation	Coastal Erosion	Solutions	National	Reports & Research	01/01/2015
Green Infrastructure Effectiveness Database	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office for Coastal Management	Coastal Erosion	Solutions	National	Reports & Research
Living Shorelines: A Review of Literature Relevant to New England Coasts		Coastal Erosion	Science of Climate Change	National	Reports & Research
Biodegradable Erosion Control	Woods Hole	Coastal Erosion	Solutions	National	Reports & Research
Leveraging the Interdependencies Between Barrier Islands and Backbarrier Saltmarshes to Enhance Resilience to Sea-Level Rise	Virginia Inst. Of Marine Science	Coastal Erosion	Science of Climate Change	National	Reports & Research	01/01/2021
Rocky coast processes: with special reference to the recession of soft rock cliffs	The Japan Academy (Sunamura)	Coastal Erosion	Science of Climate Change	National	Reports & Research	01/01/2015
Nature-Based Solutions for Coastal Hazards	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office for Coastal Management	Coastal Erosion	Solutions	National	Meetings and Notes
Putting Nature to Work in Rhode Island	Rhode Island Green Infastructure Coalistion	Coastal Erosion	Solutions	State	Guides
LAND USE AND MITIGATION EFFECTS ON BARRIER BEACH EROSION IN STORMS:CASE STUDY IN RHODE ISLAND	URI	Coastal Erosion	Science of Climate Change	State	Reports & Research	01/01/2018
Structural Shoreline Protection Measures: Guidance for the Waterfront Property Homeowner	Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC)	Coastal Erosion	Solutions	State	Reports & Research
Rhode Isalnd Soil Erosion and Sediment Contril Handbook	Rhode Island State Conservaiton Committee	Coastal Erosion	Solutions	State	Reports & Research	01/01/2016