Climate Adaptation

Adaptation to Natural Hazards & Climate Change

The Town of North Kingstown was selected to participate in a pilot project with the University of Rhode Island Coastal Resources Center and the RI Sea Grant to study climate change and sea level rise.  This pilot project had a goal of creating maps and online data display tools to identify sea level rise vulnerabilities of local assets including public property and infrastructure, as well as community threats in North Kingstown. The final products resulting from this pilot project can be viewed below:

Explore the pages on the left to learn more!