Sustainability in Civil Engineering

This nationwide report from the First Street Foundation assesses risk to: residential properties; roads; commercial properties; critical infrastructure (airports, fire stations, hospitals, police stations, ports, power stations, superfund/hazardous waste sites, water outfalls, and wastewater treatment facilities); and social infrastructure (government buildings, historic buildings, houses of worship, museums, and schools).

A Rockefeller Foundation research group that helps cities around the world plan for the physical, social and economic challenges of the 21st century. Provides access to the resilience plans of each city.

Documents created by a group of Boston civic, business, and institutional leaders on climate adaptation strategies.

This document provides a specific plan for dealing with rising sea levels in the Boston wharf district. It proposes such strategies as sea barriers, flood storage tanks, and the elevation of infrastructure in the area.

Describes measures that can be taken by property owners and government officials to meet the challenges posed by rising sea levels in Boston.

Describes initiatives now underway to protect Boston from rising sea levels.

This Australian organization provides tools and case studies for water resilience in urban areas.

The NIST Community Resilience Planning Guide for Buildings and Infrastructure Systems (Guide) and companion Playbook provides a practical and flexible approach to help all communities improve their resilience by setting priorities and allocating resources to manage risks for their prevailing hazards.

Up-to-date climate change science and decision-support tools for the Commonwealth.

An interactive map that reveals the infrastructural damage that major flooding would cause in Boston. Courtesy of Sasaki Associates, Inc.

Planning documents for reducing greenhouse gases in Mass. by 2020, and for dealing with rising sea levels.

Allows climate change planners to explore laws, regulations, and methods on a regional basis.

Provides links to disaster management plans that include the disposition and recycling of disaster debris.

The USRC offers resiliency certification to buildings that conform to its building design standards.

This 2015 ULI Boston report focuses on identifying the barriers to building resilience within different development practices.

This 2014 report examines the threats posed by rising sea levels to Boston's built environment.

An extensive online library of reports on climate resiliency measures being adopted by 200 cities around the world. Courtesy of the World Resources Institute.