Build Community Resilience to Natural Hazards
Our devoted team of researchers, planners, and data scientists helps you assess local hazards and identify hazard adaptation strategies. We do this using integrated social-environmental research, community-centered data collection, and insightful analysis.
Second Nature
Portsmouth Highlight
Check out Second Nature's insightful article, "Cool Down P-Town: Building Climate Resilience Through Community Science and Action," which spotlights CAPA's heat mapping work with our collaborators in Portsmouth! This piece offers a close look at how dedicated community efforts are leading the way in building climate resilience. It's an inspiring read on the power of local extreme heat action.
Cooling Conversations Webinar Series
Join us on Thursdays in July from 12-1:30p PT (3-4:30p ET) for a series of four webinars featuring national leaders in heat management. These 'Cooling Conversations' will feature Federal scientists, local and regional staff from urban planning, public health, and emergency management departments, and non-profit managers who will cover critical dimensions for managing extreme heat.
CAPS Conference
in Portland, OR
The CAPA team presented at the Association for Advancing Participatory Sciences' (AAPS) conference in Portland, Oregon. Our Resilience Program manager Dana Hellman talked about lessons learned from tracking summer heat indoors in affordable housing with Portland Bureau of Emergency Management and Home Forward. Find out more about the conference and AAPS at the link below.
Measurable Progress, Actionable Strategies
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Health & Social Assessment
Intervention Guidebook
Jurisdictional Scan
Heat Mapping
Air Quality Monitoring
Community Survey
Extreme Heat Projections
Neighborhood Heat Modeling
Community-Informed Solutions
CAPA provides tailored consulting services to meet your unique needs, from research design and decision-support tools to implementation guidance and hazard assessments. Have a specific project in mind or a hazard-related topic you would like to explore?
Environmental Sensing & Monitoring
Co-produce natural hazard data to inform decisions to for safeguarding your community against the impacts of natural hazards.
Spatial Analysis & Data Visualization
Integrate your natural hazard, environmental and social data to determine risk and inform hazard resilience actions.
Community Engagement & Social Research
Engage with local communities to capture the human impacts of natural hazards, including different lived experiences, and identify socially-informed solutions.
