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Examining The Role Of Environmental Nonprofits In Shoreline Management For Coastal Resilience In Virginia, Taiwo Oguntuyo, Ogechukwu Agim, Ren-Neasha Blake, Juita-Elena Wie Yusuf, Marina Saitgalina, Michelle Covi

College of Business (Strome) Posters

Environmental Nonprofits emerged over the years to attend to the environmental needs of communities and individuals, as well as address environmental issues that concern the public. These issues are usually those that have been neglected, given insufficient attention, or cannot be singularly handled by the government. In advocating for coastal resilience, environmental nonprofits have been identified in the literature as actors with critical roles in addressing coastal issues such as sea-level rise, flooding and shoreline management. In recent times, shoreline management has emerged as one of the foremost areas of focus expedient for the achievement of coastal resilience, and the …

Action-Oriented Stakeholder Engagement For A Resilient Tomorrow (Asert) Framework, Michelle Covi, Juita-Elena (Wie) Yusuf, Carol Considine, Burton St. John Iii, Gail Nicula

Presentations, Lectures, Posters, Reports

Poster presentation from the Research Team of the ODU Resilience Collaborative.

Building Resiliency In Response To Sea Level Rise And Recurrent Flooding: Comprehensive Planning In Hampton Roads, Joshua G. Behr, Rafael Diaz, Molly Mitchell

VMASC Publications

[Introduction]

Over the past few decades, the Hampton Roads region, with its extensive coastline, has been experiencing more frequent flooding from surges and precipitation caused by tropical storms, nor’easters and heavy thunderstorms (Figure 1). Recurrent flooding is “flooding that occurs repeatedly in the same area over time due to precipitation events, high tides or storm surge.”¹ The recurrence of tidal/surge flooding in Hampton Roads has increased from 1.7 days of “nuisance” flooding per year in 1960 to 7.3 days per year in 2014.² Although there is no definitive region-wide data to document the increases in precipitation-induced flooding, there …

A Demonstration Project Of The Action-Oriented Stakeholder Engagement For A Resilient Tomorrow (Asert) Framework: Effectiveness, Juita-Elena (Wie) Yusuf, Michelle Covi, Carol Considine, Burton St. John Iii, Gail Nicula, Pragati Rawat, Kaitlin Giles

Presentations, Lectures, Posters, Reports

Poster presentation by the Research Team of the ODU Resilience Collaborative used from March-May, 2016

Virginia's Road To Resiliency, Paul Olsen

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Experts: Sea-Level Rise In Hampton Roads Is A 'Manageable Problem', Tamara Dietrich

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Odu Students Work On Nation's First Climate Change Adapted Neighborhood, Jugal Patel

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Odu Hosts Fema Listening Session On New Flood Protection Standards, Public Affairs & News Bureau, Old Dominion University

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Odu Hosts White House-Sponsored Event On Sea Level Rise Preparedness, Mitigation, Public Affairs & News Bureau, Old Dominion University

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