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EPA's Sustainable Port Communities: a Knowledge System Approach to Increasing Resiliency
Citation:
Smith, Betsy. EPA's Sustainable Port Communities: a Knowledge System Approach to Increasing Resiliency. UNC Maritime Risk Symposium, Chapel Hill, NC, November 14 - 15, 2016.
Impact/Purpose:
Raises awareness about the research EPA is doing; identifies opportunities for collaboration.
Description:
Create a Sustainability Assessment Toolbox for US ports that: • Addresses multiple issues faced by ports • Builds on work from other EPA Research Programs • Complements other resiliency work from federal and NGO partners, e.g.: EPA’s Office of Transportation Air Quality Ports Initiative Primers; NOAA Resilient Coasts; USACE Systems Approach to Geomorphic Engineering (SAGE); TNC Coastal Resiliency Project. • Improves Understanding of how the Built and Natural Environment Together Affect Resiliency • Facilitates Decision‐making by Identifying Linkages/Synergies, Value of Information
