Coastal cities will experience varied levels of sea level rise, driving coastal erosion, groundwater inundation, direct marine flooding, and compound events as global climate change progresses. This research demonstrates a replicable process to utilize stakeholder input and illustrations of future physical hazards in local communities to facilitate discussions to increase adaptive capacity. This research conducted stakeholder outreach to determine locally appropriate adaptation strategies and utilized the best available science to create sea-level-rise-adjusted building design flood elevations. The most applicable adaptation strategies were integrated into newly created site-specific visual architectural renderings for two building typologies in Waikīkī, Honolulu, to inform adaptive design, planning, and policy in coastal cities.
