Discusses the types of economic analyses decision makers can use and how to choose the right kind
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Nature-Based Solutions Tools Search
This database contains over 400 tools and resources that can help guide practitioners at various stages of the nature-based solutions project cycle. Use the filters to identify the tools and resources most useful to you.
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This library contains a diverse array of resources pertaining to floodplain management, including technical reports and government documents. The library also holds the research of the Flood Science Center, a branch of the ASFPM.
This guide covers beach nourishment design, predicting future erosion, and the role of federal agencies in the process. The authors also outline the monitoring process and economic feasibility of projects.
This guidebook is helps community members to identify staff, technical and funding resources to implement NBS to build resilience to natural hazards.
This guidebook details five strategies community leaders can use to carry out NBS projects. While it doesn't include techncial guidance, it assigns value to listed strategies and suggested next steps for each.
This tool lets users project the carbon reduction potential of different actions from the COMET - Planner tool (WRG048) ad extrapolate up to the national level.
The EPA's Clearinghouse for Environmental Finance offers a trio of catalogues of funding and finance resources and programs for Air, Water and Land improvement. Each clearinghouse includes a navigable directory of resources, and an interactive map that lets users choose their state, tribal land or territory to see what resources/funding programs/financing options are available in their area.
Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool (CREAT) is a tool that assists water sector utilities in assessing climate-related risks to utility assets and operations. Throughout CREAT’s five modules, users consider climate impacts and identify adaptation options to increase resilience. Modules include: climate awareness, scenario development, consequences and assets, daptation planning, and risk assessment.
This tool can be used to estimate the greenhouse gas reduction and carbon sequestration potential of a landowners farm or ranch. It could be a useful tool for quantifying the value of specific NBS strategies.
This tool can be used to estimate the greenhouse gas reduction and carbon sequestration potential of different conservation practices based off county-level geographic data. It could be useful for quantifying the value of specifc NBS strategies.
This guide is meant ti inform local governments on community based public-private partnerships and alternative market-based tools for integrated green stormwater infrastructure.
This reference documents lists regional coastal management and climate service contacts, and links to federal resources discussing NBS and future conditions. These include guidbeooks, toolkits, mapping tools, visalizers, databases and handouts.
This document guides appllicants through the conception, design, and implementation process for coral restoration for risk reduction (CR4) projects for hazard mitigation funding.
Containing information about designing coral reef restoration projects specifically for reducing flood risk, this guide provides the key components needed to make a project successful. The authors outline federal funding available for coral reef restoration projects, including advice about the application process.
This guide provides information on designing and maintaining green roofs in arid western states. It provides information on when certain types of green roofs are most appropriate and their different benefits.
This modules explain different approaches for economic analysis, including guidance on benefit-cost analysis and ecosystem service valuation.
This self-paced training module gives a high-level overview of the basic economic approaches, analyses and terminology necessary to accurately estimate the value of a project/effectively incorporate economic data into planning.
In a search to find the most effective restoration practices, the authors reviewed numerous restoration projects. Additionally, the guide includes case studies and recommendations to practitioners.
This site includes free tools, data and technical expertise about energy strategies, including energy efficiency, renewable energy and other emerging technologies, to help state, local and tribal governments achieve their environmental, energy, and economic objectives. While many of these resources were developed for state and local governments, Tribes may also find them useful. Several of these tools include programs that users can use to estimate future impacts of energy use, predict costs, and estimate benefits.
This resource proposes values specific to green infrastrcutre and their associated benefits that can be used to standardize the BCA process for green infrastructure project applicants.