Communications & Communities
CCRFR communicates their work across sectors including state, regional, and local governments, businesses, non-governmental organizations, and community members using various communication strategies including messaging campaigns, seminars, webinars, project reports, and academic publications. Engaging our communities is critical to our success. CCRFR has developed a web application that can be used throughout Coastal Virginia to understand community flooding challenges and what assets communities value. In addition, we engage communities to understand their preferences for flooding solutions.
Recent projects include a flood messaging campaign to encourage community members to take action to build resilience. We are also exploring virtual reality to help community members visualize the impacts of sea level rise and flooding, as well as planned interventions.
Resilience Messaging Campaigns
CCRFR faculty developed digital and printable social marketing materials to encourage proactive changes by individuals to improve flood resiliency. The first messaging campaign focused on protecting vehicles and included messaging for both coastal and inland communities.
Participatory Mapping to Build Community Resilience
CCRFR developed and launched a participatory mapping web application to understand community flood challenges and important community assets. This information is critical to the development of solutions that meet the community needs and address the problems that they are experiencing.
Coastal Virginia Small Business Resilience Self-Assessment and Guide
Helping businesses withstand and adapt to change focusing on business, emergencies and disaster, human resources, and insurance and protection planning. The self-assessment is designed to provide an initial indicator of a business’ resilience to risks and its long-term sustainability. For each category in the self-assessment, recommended actions are provided to improve a small business’ resilience.
Tourism Business Resilience Self-Assessment
This self-assessment is a simple and inexpensive method for businesses and organizations in the tourism sector to assess their ability to maintain operations during and after extreme weather events or natural disasters. This quiz-style assessment is designed to provide an initial indicator of your ability to maintain operations during and after experiencing a natural hazard or extreme weather event. Suggestions for improving your organization’s resilience are available in each section.
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