Science Into Action
See the entire collection of published and presented ICAR Research at the ODU Digital Commons online repository.
The Resilience Adaptation Feasibility Tool (RAFT) as an Approach for Incorporating Equity Into Coastal Resilience Planning and for Incorporating Equity Into Coastal Resilience Planning and Project Implementation.
The Resilience Adaptation Feasibility Tool (RAFT) assists coastal communities in incorporating equity into resilience planning and implementation of projects to increase resilience. The RAFT includes social and economic dimensions in assessment of resilience and focuses on how localities can build resilience equitably.
Virginia Beach Flood Protection Program Bond Referendum Analysis
A report by ICAR and ODU’s Dragas Center for Economic Analysis and Policy provides a technical economic analysis–combined with past social science and participatory mapping work on flooding–of a bond referendum about whether the City of Virginia Beach should increase real estate taxes to fund a flood protection program.