Planning for Resiliency

Evaluation of State Hazard Mitigation Plans under the Disaster Mitigation Act

Datos Bibliográficos

ID23328486
AutoresPhilip Berke (0000-0002-6099-8066, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, autor de correspondencia), Gavin Smith (0000-0001-7593-8990, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Ward Lyles (0000-0002-2398-4976, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Año2012
Volumen13
Número2
Páginas139-149
Fecha de publicación2012-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaNatural Hazards Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1527-6988 • E-ISSN: 1527-6996
EditorialAmerican Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1061/(asce)nh.1527-6996.0000063
OpenAlexW2031720275
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas63
Referencias citadas15

State mitigation plans play a critical role in supporting disaster loss reduction and long-term resiliency of human communities. The Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 requires all states to prepare mitigation plans. Based on six principles of plan quality, we content analyzed a sample of 30 coastal state plans to determine how well they support mitigation. Findings indicate that although plans scored moderate to low for all plan quality principles, plan quality has modestly improved over the past decade. In addition, some states scored low for one principle, which can undermine implementation of otherwise high-scoring plans for the remaining principles. Recommendations are offered on how plan quality evaluation can be used to guide and monitor state development of hazard mitigation plans.

Business · Disaster mitigation · Emergency management · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · Hazard · Plan (archaeology) · Political science · Quality (philosophy) · Risk analysis (engineering) · Disaster Management and Resilience · Environmental Science · Flood Risk Assessment and Management · Law · Risk Perception and Management