This questionnaire is intended to assist the City of Boston and the Boston Redevelopment Authority in understanding best building practices and in developing future guidance and requirements for climate change preparedness and resiliency. It is also structured to assist proponents in identifying possible vulnerabilities due to climate change and strategies and actions to mitigate those vulnerabilities. For Climate Change Analysis and Information Sources, please see the following:
- Northeast Climate Impacts Assessment (http://www.climatechoices.org/ne/)
- USGCRP 2009 (http://downloads.globalchange.gov/usimpacts/pdfsnortheast.pdf)
- Army Corps of Engineers guidance on sea-level rise (http://planning.usace.army.mil/toolbox/library/ECs/EC11652212Nov2011.pdf)
- Proceeding of the National Academy of Science, “Global sea level rise linked to global temperature”, Vermeer and Rahmstorf, 2009 (http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2009/12/04/0907765106.full.pdf)
- “Hotspot of accelerated sea-level rise on the Atlantic coast of North America”, Asbury H. Sallenger Jr*, Kara S. Doran and Peter A. Howd, 2012 (http://www.bostonredevelopmentauthority.org/planning/Hotspot%20of%20Accelerated%20Sea-level%20Rise%202012.pdf)
Please complete all of the following questions: