ResilientBroward website unveiled; plan estimates $9 billion in adaptation needs, 83% damage reduction with full investment

Dr. Jennifer Harada, the presenter for the Resilient Broward plan, introduced the new ResilientBroward.com site at the Aug. 28 meeting of the Broward County Planning Council in Fort Lauderdale. The web tool and supporting plan present scenario visualizations, economic modeling and a project tracker to document adaptation projects across the county.

The site compiles the plan's two-tier adaptation strategy and the scenario viewer that lets users compare no-adaptation, tier 1 and tier 2 outcomes for sea level rise, rainfall and storm surge. "This plan in the end demonstrated with tier 2 investments is estimated to reduce damages in our community by 83% relative to no adaptation," Dr. Harada said during her presentation. She said tier 2 scenarios include a modeled 3-foot sea level rise and the additional seawall height and pumping that would be required…