Hazard Mitigation: Integrating Best Practices into Planning

Hazard Mitigation: Integrating Best Practices into Planning
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Every year, communities face natural hazardsâ€”floods, wildfires, landslides, earthquakesâ€”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 disastersâ€”but in many communities today, planners have either limited involvement in hazard mitigation plans or none at all.

Hazard Mitigation: Integrating Best Practices into Planning, prepared by APA and supported by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), seeks to close the gap that often exists between hazard mitigation planning and other local planning and regulatory land-use processes. It introduces hazard mitigation as a vital area of practice for planners; provides guidance on how to integrate hazard mitigation strategies into comprehensive, area, and functional plans; and shows where hazard mitigation can fit into zoning and subdivision codes.

A Safe Growth Audit allows planners to evaluate their communities' plans and regulations, and case studies show how localities large and small are successfully addressing these issues. The report closes with recommendations to help planners move ahead with introducing hazard mitigation into local planning processes.
Country USA
Brand Brand: APA Planning Advisory Service
Manufacturer APA Planning Advisory Service
Binding Paperback
EANs 9781932364842
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Brand: APA Planning Advisory Service
Manufacturer	APA Planning Advisory Service
Binding	Paperback
EANs	9781932364842
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Hazard Mitigation: Integrating Best Practices into Planning

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