Climate change and the subsequent increasing baseline of storm-related events threaten the livelihood of Coastal developments internationally. The impact of climate change will be most acutely expressed through water; there will be more floods and droughts by 2100. 90% of natural disasters are water-related (Global Center on Adaptation, 2021). Communities will have to adapt and manage water-based resources more efficiently and creatively. Ecological restoration and green infrastructure projects have shown the potential to protect against storm surges, various forms of flooding, and drought. Cities in coastal areas share urban areas’ challenges, such as rising poverty, income inequality, and population growth in unregulated areas. Land subsidence and environmental degradation add to the complexity of the challenge (Global Center on Adaptation, 2021). New Bedford embodies multiple interrelated issues we are facing internationally and, therefore, can be an example of how to address them potentially. This project found three primary nature-based strategies, 1) Salt marsh reclamation, 2)Hybrid Breakwaters, and 3) Pylon Islands, that can be applied to New Bedford Harbor and extended to larger coastal regions like Buzzards Bay and the Long Island Sound. These strategies aim to provide community recreation and defense, grow and sustain intertidal ecologies amidst rising seas, and reinforce existing coastal infrastructure. Each proposed strategy can create systematic and progressive coastal adaptations to climate-related disasters.