Building Capacity and Preparedness for Extreme Weather Events in Shreveport, Louisiana

This report assesses climate adaptation planning efforts in Shreveport, Louisiana, discusses how community members experience challenges associated with extreme weather variability, and describes how those impacts are considered in Shreveport’s planning efforts. Recommendations for improved planning are also provided. The work presented in this report is part of a larger study investigating climate adaptation in low-capacity cities throughout the region: Tulsa, Oklahoma, Fayetteville, Arkansas, and Shreveport, Louisiana.