The research question for this project is: Where do opportunities exist for stakeholder collaboration to address interconnected natural, physical, fiscal, and social vulnerabilities with strategies grounded in fiscal realities?

Developing Governance & Collaborative Capacity
To address the need for additional funding and resources to improve community resilience, SCIPP established a new research theme that identifies “levers” that communities can use to improve climate extreme responses, such as dynamic planning, building codes and zoning, economic development policies, and fiscal, economic, or funding solutions. In addition, stakeholder engagement practices will be designed to increase the collaborative capacity of communities.
Facilitating Stakeholder Engagement to Indentify Lever Preferences
Investigator(s): Aimee Franklin, Kathlyn Dannewald, Ellie Weaver, Caylah Cruickshank, Mark Shafer, Rachel Riley
Research Dates: 2022
Affiliate Organization(s): University of Oklahoma
Identifying Potential Legal, Regulatory, Fiscal, Economic, and Financial Climate Adaptation Levers
Investigator(s): Aimee Franklin, Kathlyn Dannewald, Ellie Weaver, Caylah Cruickshank, Mark Shafer, Rachel Riley
Research Dates: 2021
Affiliate Organization(s): University of Oklahoma
The reserach question for this project is: How can existing legal/regulatory, political/policy, administrative, and social structures in the South Central region encourage innovative climate adaptation strategies?