In this step, you will determine what sectors, communities, resources, ecosystems, and community assets are most vulnerable to ongoing community stressors, projected changes to climate and extreme weather events, man-made and natural hazards, and other current and future shocks.
Guiding Questions
- What current shocks or stresses already impact your community?
- What future changes could exacerbate stressors on your community?
- Is your community already able to accommodate or respond to current changes? What about projected changes?
- Are there barriers to your community’s ability to accommodate future change (such as climate change, demographic shifts...etc.)?
- What is the likelihood of those impacts occurring? How often will they occur in the future?
- Who or what will be affected if a given impact occurs? How many people? What types of infrastructure? What natural systems? These consequences might include impacts to operations or ecological, social, cultural, and legal impacts.