Driving Resilience in the Great Lakes

The third step to accessing funding and financing options for nature-based storm resilience solutions is to value these strategies’ multiple benefits such as reduced flood risk, improved water quality, and enhanced recreation. Knowing the quantitative and qualitative value of these multiple benefits helps communities make the case for investing in nature-based solutions and helps align these projects with potential funding and financing options.

Click through the sections below to find a framework and methodology for quantifying and valuing the multiple benefits of storm resilience projects. Click here to download a PDF version of the framework.