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FEATURE

Threatened Coastal
Communities Plan for Resilience
How a National Disaster Urged One State
to Create Resilience Redevelopment Programs
Hurricane Matthew's Effect
on North Carolina
As national disasters continue to impact coastal

which aim to prepare communities for storm impacts by
increasing their resilience efforts.
Immediately following Hurricane Matthew's

communities across the country, local officials are

landfall, the Disaster Recovery Act of 2016 drove

seeking ways to improve resilience efforts in hopes of

North Carolina emergency management officials to

protecting citizens, infrastructure, and the environment.

establish resilient redevelopment plans for the nearly 50

In 2016, Hurricane Matthew devastated eastern North

counties that were declared federal disaster areas. This

Carolina, destroying homes, businesses, and shorelines

three-tiered approach involved community members,

alike. Because of its geographic location, North Carolina

municipal leaders, and emergency preparedness

is vulnerable to future weather-related events, and due to

officials-those who were impacted most by the storm.

the increasing number of natural disasters, local officials
are seeking ways to protect their communities. Many
of these efforts include strategic resilience programs,

6 Dimensions

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Creating resilience redevelopment plans took coordinated
efforts between Dewberry team members, municipal leaders,
local officials, and community members.



http://www.dewberry.com/news/blog/post/blog/2017/10/05/creating-resilient-communities-in-north-carolina

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