The RAFT's design and implementation were informed by other scorecards, plans, technical tools, and initiatives in the United States and around the world. It strives to be as comprehensive as possible, but no tool is a perfect fit for every community. In addition to The RAFT, localities and sovereign tribal nations seeking to increase their level of resilience can use these resources to find examples of solutions reached by other at-risk communities across the globe.
This website, Task # 92.03 was funded by the Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program at the Department of Environmental Quality through Grant # NA17NOS4190152
of the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, under the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended. The views expressed
herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA, or any of its subagencies.
This project is currently a partnership between the Institute for Engagement & Negotiation at the University of Virginia, the Institute for Coastal Adaptation and Resilience at Old Dominion University, and the Center for Coastal Studies at Virginia Tech. The former Virginia Coastal Policy Center at the William & Mary Law School participated in this partnership from 2015 until June 2023.
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