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Temperature shifts, stronger and more frequent storms, drought, fire, and floods\u2026 We\u2019re already seeing the effects of climate change manifested in many ways. These changes are placing critical habitats at risk, shifting ecosystems, reducing water supplies, creating health concerns, and generating significant economic costs. And they present significant challenges in terms of preparation, response, and mitigation.
\nIn the not too distant past we were at the mercy of these changes, and we handled them poorly. But by leveraging new tools and capabilities we’re in a better position than ever before to predict, prepare for, and respond to these changes.
\nWhat does it take to address and mitigate these challenges, to become resilient? Here are four key GIS building blocks that form the framework.
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\nAccess to Great Data<\/strong>
\nOne of the key ingredients for resilience is to have access to the right data to gain understanding, to plan, and to act\u2014data that represents the best of our knowledge, is reliable, and is authoritative. This essential data can\u2019t be locked up and hidden on our servers; it needs to be discoverable and open.
\nThere are already many examples of community portals that provide access to great data. The Group on Earth Observations\u2014<\/em>GEOSS<\/a>\u2014<\/em>is one such community, and Data.gov<\/a> is another. Many others examples can be found and their numbers are growing as the task of creating open data portals becomes easier.
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\nEsri recently released ArcGIS Open Data<\/a> as a configurable part of every ArcGIS organization. This new capability will make it easier for all GIS organizations to make their data more open and available, and for anyone to find it.
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\nServices and Applications<\/strong>
\nAlong with opening up data, we also need to unlock the potential of that data\u2014<\/em>to tap into the knowledge contained within. This requires tools, best implemented as services, which can be applied to that data to leverage its intrinsic knowledge. Great tools can amplify and make \u201cjust data\u201d more useful and valuable.
\nBut tools alone don’t make it possible to reach our intended audience; we also need to frame them in larger user experiences\u2014<\/em>as applications. These applications should be finely tuned to our intended users, whether that be scientists, GIS colleagues, decision makers, or the public.
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\nExamples of good tools that work against good data that are targeted to specific audiences effectively through applications include The Nature Conservancy’s Coastal Resilience 2.0<\/a>, and the World Resources Institute’s Global Forest Watch-Commodities<\/a> platform.
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\nCommunication<\/strong>
\nTo become resilient, we also need to open up communication and create awareness. We need to deliver information about important topics and issues, and most importantly begin conversations about them. And we can do that by telling stories with maps.
\nEsri Story Maps<\/a> are a very popular and effective way to communicate, and you\u2019ve probably already made a few of your own. Story Maps combine interactive maps and multimedia\u2014<\/em>text, photos, videos, even 3D Web Scenes, and more\u2014<\/em>to create elegant user experiences. And they make it easy to use the power of maps to tell your stories.
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\nCollaboration<\/strong>
\nThe essence of driving change, making better decisions, and becoming more resilient is rooted in collaboration. And when you apply GIS to that collaboration process, something powerful happens<\/em>: <\/em>you enable deeper understanding, and more informed decisions; you open minds, and open opportunities.
\nGeoPlanner for ArcGIS<\/a> provides a GIS-based platform to support all the steps of land-based planning. From project creation and data management to creating and evaluating scenarios and preparing project reports, you can manage all aspects of your planning process more efficiently and collaboratively by applying the principles of geodesign.
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\nBuilding a Resilient Future<\/strong>
\nAs GIS practitioners we face many different challenges, and those brought on by climate change are among them. With a GIS framework built on access to great data, services and applications, communication, and collaboration, we now have available the tools and capabilities to meet these challenges and build a more resilient future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3080,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","castos_file_data":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[275982],"tags":[172032,26512,209242,1441,278642],"class_list":["post-3040","insider","type-insider","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vision","tag-arcgis-open-data","tag-climate-change","tag-geoplanner-for-arcgis","tag-resilience","tag-resilient-communities"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nA Framework for Resilience: Four GIS Building Blocks<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/insider\/resilience-gis-building-blocks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Framework for Resilience: Four GIS Building Blocks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Temperature shifts, stronger and more frequent storms, drought, fire, and floods\u2026 We\u2019re already seeing the effects of climate change manifested in many ways. 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