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Hazard mitigation : integrating best practices into planning :Report (American Planning Association, Planning Advisory Service), volume 560

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  • Author: Schwab, James
    Contributor: American Planning Association
    Date:
    Copyrighted
    2013
    Summary:

    Every year, communities face natural hazards—floods, wildfires, landslides, earthquakes—that can cause millions of dollars in property damage. Development patterns of the past that ignored the risks of building on vulnerable sites such as floodplains and hillsides have exacerbated the problem. Well-crafted plans, policies, and land-use regulations can help mitigate the impacts of natural disasters—but in many communities today, planners have either limited involvement in hazard mitigation plans or none at all.

    Contents:

    1. Hazard Mitigation: an Essential Role for Planners: What role should planners play?
    Who else is involved?
    Who should prepare local hazard mitigation plans?
    2. Hazard Mitigation and the Disaster Mitigation Act: How DMA works
    Linkages with other plans
    3. Integrating Hazard Mitigation Throughout the Comprehensive Plan : State policies on hazard mitigation and planning
    Which elements matter? Should there be a hazards element?
    Linking plan elements
    4. Integrating Hazard Mitigation into Other Local Plans: Area plans
    Functional plans
    Operational plans
    Ch. 5. Integrating Hazards into the Implementation Tools of Planning: Goals of integrating hazards into planning implementation tools
    Where hazards fit in the zoning code
    Where hazards fit in the subdivision code
    Where hazards fit in the CIP
    Testing implementation with a safe growth audit
    6. Case Studies: Large Jurisdictions: Lee County, Florida
    Charlotte-Mecklenburg Country, North Carolina
    7. Case Studies: Intermediate Jurisdictions: Roseville, California
    Berkeley, California
    8. Case Studies: Small Towns and Rural Communities : Bourne, Massachusetts
    Morgan Country, Utah
    9. Findings and Recommendations: What works?
    What does not work?
    The road ahead

    Genre:
    Instructional and educational works, Nature and the environment
    Subject(s): Case studies | Emergency management | Hazard mitigation | Planning | United States
    Original Publisher: Chicago, American Planning Association
    Language(s): English