Adaptation
The adjustment of human and environmental behaviors, interactions, and systems to better respond to and reduce the impacts of climate change.
What is Climate Adaptation?
Is the ability to bounce forward.
What is Resilience?
This is the average amount of yearly precipitation for Florida.
What is 53.7 inches.
This is the approximate population of Volusia County.
What is 554,000 people? (April 1, 2020).
This plan focuses on long-term solutions to address the consequences and impacts of climate change. There are 4 major components including context, vulnerability assessment, adaptation strategies, and implementation strategies.
What is an Adaptation Plan?
Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
What is Sustainability?
State legislation that establishes the Resilient Florida Program, includes a Statewide Resilience Plan and includes a Comprehensive Statewide Flood Vulnerability and Sea Level Rise Dataset Report.
What is Section 380.093 F.S. ?
This is the year that Volusia County was founded.
What is 1854?
Assesses adaptive capacities, prioritizes adaptation needs, and integrates into existing plans.
What is an Adaptation Strategy?
Helps a community determine which structural and social assets are likely to be impacted by future coastal flooding and sea level rise.
What is a Vulnerability Assessment?
An annual event focused on facilitating climate-related collaboration, bringing together leaders from business, government, academia, and nonprofits to collaborate on climate change action across county lines.
What is the Southeast Florida Regional Climate Summit?
This is the largest city in Volusia County.
What is Deltona?
Community assets that are essential for critical government and business functions, national security, public health and safety, the economy, flood and storm protection, water quality management, and wildlife habitat management.
What is a Critical Asset?
State program that oversees the requirements for local vulnerability assessments to ensure a cohesive planning process for future inclusion in the Statewide Resilience Plan.
What is the Resilient Florida Program?
The 2015 Florida Legislature directed jurisdictions that have a Coastal Management Element as a part of their comprehensive plan to include a redevelopment component with principles that must be used to eliminate inappropriate and unsafe development in the coastal areas - when opportunities arise.
What is Peril of Flood (Section 163.7138(2)(f)1-6, F. S.)?
This is the percentage of water that makes up Volusia County.
What is 23%?