ABSTRACT
Disaster recovery in a time marked by climate change and sea level rise has placed additional burdens on communities struggling to recover from previous flood events while also adapting to an uncertain future. Following the devastation of Hurricane Michael in 2018, the city of Port St. Joe, Florida, USA, faces such challenges. The Florida Resilient Cities program at the University of Florida has developed a process to engage cities in broader resilience challenges and to build integrated and complex solutions through community–university partnerships. This project demonstrates how disaster recovery and sea level rise adaptation must begin with a foundation of trust for effective design to occur. In Port St. Joe, generations of systemic racism and decades of industrial decline are central concerns driving resilient recovery and effective action toward climate change adaptation.
