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Best Practices in Local Mitigation Planning

  • Introduction
  • Climate Change
  • Social Vulnerability
  • Task 1 Determine the Planning Area and Resources
    • Overview
    • Establish the Planning Area
    • Multi-Jurisdictional Plan Coordination
    • Leading the Planning Process & Technical Assistance
    • Conclusion
  • Task 2 Build the Planning Team
    • Overview
    • Identify Planning Team Members
    • Engage Local Leadership
    • Promote Participation and Buy-In
    • Initial Steps for the Planning Team
    • Multi-Jurisdictional Planning Team
    • Documentation of the Planning Process – Planning Team
    • Conclusion
  • Task 3 Create an Outreach Strategy
    • Overview
    • Outreach Strategy
    • Continuing Public Outreach over Time
    • Coordinating a Multi-Jurisdictional Outreach Strategy
    • Documentation of the Planning Process – Stakeholder and Public Involvement
    • Conclusion
  • Task 4 Review Community Capabilities
    • Overview
    • Capability Assessment
    • Types of Capabilities
    • National Flood Insurance Program
    • Documentation of Community Capabilities
    • Conclusion
  • Task 5 Conduct a Risk Assessment
    • Overview
    • Defining Risk Assessment
    • Steps to Conduct a Risk Assessment
      • 1. Describe Hazards
      • 2. Identify Community Assets
      • 3. Analyze Risk
      • 4. Summarize vulnerability
    • Documentation of the Risk Assessment
    • Conclusion
  • Task 6 Develop a Mitigation Strategy
    • Overview
    • The Mitigation Strategy: Goals, Actions, Action Plan
    • Mitigation Goals
    • Types of Mitigation Actions
    • Selecting Mitigation Actions
    • Action Plan for Implementation
    • Updating the Mitigation Strategy
    • Communicating the Mitigation Action Plan
    • Conclusion
  • Task 7 Keep the Plan Current
    • Overview
    • Plan Maintenance Procedures
    • Continue Public Involvement
    • Conclusion
  • Task 8 Review and Adopt the Plan
    • Overview
    • Local Plan Review
    • Local Adoption of the Plan
    • State and FEMA Plan Review
    • Additional Considerations
    • Celebrate Success
  • Task 9 Create a Safe and Resilient Community
    • Overview
    • Challenges to Achieving Mitigation Goals
    • Recommendations for Success
    • Funding and Assistance
    • Conclusion
  • Worksheets
  • Example Plans
  • Research
  • Resources
  • Scorecard™ Guidebook

Resources

FEMA Hazard Mitigation Planning Resources FEMA Mitigation Best Practice Portfolio Hazard Mitigation: Integrating Best Practices into Planning (American Planning Association) List of State Hazard Mitigation Officers (SHMOs)  

Organizations

DHS Coastal Hazards Center of Excellence UNC-CH Institute for the Environment, Center for Sustainable Community Design Natural Hazard Mitigation Association