Moving the Needle Towards Resilient Communities

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Moving the Needle Towards Resilient Communities

A Field Guide for Equitable, Community-Led Resilience Planning

Public administration Geography Environmental policy and protocols Environmental management Natural disasters Social impact of environmental issues Urban and municipal planning and policy Civil engineering, surveying and building

Authors: Juita-Elena Yusuf, Tanya Denckla Cobb, Sierra Gladfelter, Elizabeth Andrews

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Collection: Routledge Research in Environmental Policy and Politics

Language: English

Published by: Routledge

Published on: 29th June 2026

Format: LCP-protected ePub

ISBN: 9781040661369


Introduction

This field guide offers practical guidance for readers to initiate and engage in resilience planning with their communities in a structured, deliberative way that emphasizes equity.

Contents

The contents revolve around lessons learned from The Resilience Adaptation Feasibility Tool (RAFT) on-the-ground community initiative to advance resilience across communities in Virginia.

Chapters

Chapters provide background about resilience planning; a starting point for conducting holistic assessment of a community's resilience with a focus on equity; recommendations for establishing an infrastructure for long-term commitment to resilience; and suggestions for identifying and planning activities and projects to build momentum for achieving resilience outcomes.

Format

The format offers an easy read for non-technical audiences such as community planners, community leaders, or nonprofit agency staff to quickly and efficiently get the guidance they need for community-based, equity-focused resilience planning.

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