TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparing hazard mitigation and climate change adaptation planning approaches
AU - Matos, Melina
AU - Gilbertson, Philip
AU - Woodruff, Sierra
AU - Meerow, Sara
AU - Roy, Malini
AU - Hannibal, Bryce
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was funded by the National Science Foundation awards #1825123 and #1825367.
Funding Information:
To identify the policies included in the plans, we assessed all the policies and strategies addressing flooding and SLR. Then, we classified each policy based on the Beyond the Basics framework, a web resource on best practices for hazard mitigation developed as part of a multi-year research study funded by the US Department of Homeland Security, Coastal Resilience Center and led by the Center for Sustainable Community Design within the Institute for the Environment at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Institute for Sustainable Coastal Communities at Texas A&M University. The policies fall under the following categories: structural projects, natural system protection, studies and maps, zoning and regulations, capacity building, educational programs, preparedness and response, and recovery ().
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Newcastle University.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Cities are developing hazard mitigation plans (HMP) and climate change adaptation plans (CCAP) with the common aim of proactively reducing vulnerability to future hazards. Yet, they are often treated as distinct planning instruments. Some planning scholars have suggested that HMP and CCAP should be integrated since climate change impacts are increasing and communities have limited time and resources. But, it is unclear how synergistic these two planning approaches are in practice. Focusing on flooding as a key climate-related hazard, this study examines planning frameworks and helps to address this gap by exploring HMPs and CCAPs in three US cities at the forefront of flood resilience planning. We analyze the content of standalone HMPs and CCAPs in Boston, MA, and Seattle, WA, and a combined plan in Baltimore, MD to identify overlaps in practice and explore how, and to what extent, HMPs and CCAPs are synergistic.
AB - Cities are developing hazard mitigation plans (HMP) and climate change adaptation plans (CCAP) with the common aim of proactively reducing vulnerability to future hazards. Yet, they are often treated as distinct planning instruments. Some planning scholars have suggested that HMP and CCAP should be integrated since climate change impacts are increasing and communities have limited time and resources. But, it is unclear how synergistic these two planning approaches are in practice. Focusing on flooding as a key climate-related hazard, this study examines planning frameworks and helps to address this gap by exploring HMPs and CCAPs in three US cities at the forefront of flood resilience planning. We analyze the content of standalone HMPs and CCAPs in Boston, MA, and Seattle, WA, and a combined plan in Baltimore, MD to identify overlaps in practice and explore how, and to what extent, HMPs and CCAPs are synergistic.
KW - climate adaptation plan
KW - hazard mitigation plan
KW - plan integration
KW - resilience
KW - vulnerability
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U2 - 10.1080/09640568.2022.2093171
DO - 10.1080/09640568.2022.2093171
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85133584974
SN - 0964-0568
VL - 66
SP - 2922
EP - 2942
JO - Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
JF - Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
IS - 14
ER -