Inclusion of disaster resiliency in city/neighborhood comprehensive plans
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Authors
Gavin, Douglas J.
Subjects
hazard mitigation
comprehensive plans
urban and regional planning
participatory planning
flooding
disaster preparedness
geographic information system
GIS
comprehensive plans
urban and regional planning
participatory planning
flooding
disaster preparedness
geographic information system
GIS
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Halladay, Carolyn
Woodbury, Glen
Date of Issue
2017-09
Date
Sep-17
Publisher
Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
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Once hazard mitigation is included in a city’s comprehensive plan, the region and its citizens are more prepared to respond to a potential natural disaster. The purpose of this thesis was to illuminate factors that encourage cities to include hazard mitigation within their comprehensive plans. The research used geographic information system (GIS) and census data to locate urban, suburban, and rural areas at risk of flooding and analyzed these regions’ comprehensive plans. The research results suggest that previous major flooding events often lead to the inclusion of flood-related hazard mitigation into cities’ comprehensive plans. This finding suggests that policy alone does not influence hazard mitigation; other methods should be practiced to ensure hazard mitigation is included within neighborhood/city comprehensive plans.
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National Security Affairs (NSA)
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