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Resilience through Plan Integration: Evaluating Networks of Plans using Resilience Scorecards

Matthew Malecha PhD Student | Texas A&M University

Graduate Research Assistant | Institute for Sustainable Coastal Communities

Avoiding Disasters Conference: How to Reduce Impacts from the Next Big Storm SSPEED Center, Rice University

April 26th, 2016

• What’s been done to this point

[First publication] > > > > • Project Overview • Project Objectives • Resilience Scorecard Process

• What’s next

Today’s Discussion

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Annual Losses by Hazard Type in U.S. (1960-2008) (2009 dollars) Source: Gall et al. 2011. Sustainability 3, 2157-2181

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Project Overview

Broward County, FL Land Use Plan Washington, NC Comprehensive Plan League City, TX Open Space & Sensitive Areas Plan

Ft. Lauderdale Downtown Area Framework Plan

• Land use planning is key to mitigation. • Communities adopt multiple plans that affect mitigation.

• Integration of mitigation in local plans can significantly affect future vulnerability.

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Origins: Highlands, New Jersey (Before Hurricane Sandy)

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Origins: Highlands, New Jersey (Before Hurricane Sandy)

Project Objectives

• Develop resilience scorecards to:

• Assess the degree to which

the network of plans targets areas most vulnerable

• Evaluate the coordination of local plans

Physical Vulnerability and Plan Policy Scores by District – Washington, NC

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Resilience is “the ability to prepare and plan for, absorb, recover from, and more successfully adapt to adverse events” (National Academies 2012, p. 1)

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Developing a Resilience Scorecard

Phase 3

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Phase 1 Delineate planning districts and hazard zones

Phase 2 Determine vulnerability

Score plans

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Comprehensive Plan (Policy Scores)

Resilience Score Maps: Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Hazard Mitigation Plan (Policy Scores)

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Social Vuln. (Composite Flag Score)

What’s Next …

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• Develop metrics to assess performance of plans and communities

• Identify compatibilities, inconsistencies, and opportunities for integration • National Advisory Board

• Affiliated with APA’s new Hazard Mitigation & Disaster Recovery Division • Experienced mitigation planning practitioners and academics

• Demonstration communities to test the scorecard • Engaging practitioners and communities • New thinking about holistic approaches

• Interactive website (similar to mitigationguide.org) • 2-page illustrated research summaries

What’s Next …

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• Cross-cultural application and comparison

• Feijenoord District, Rotterdam, the Netherlands • NSF PIRE Coastal Flood Risk Reduction Program

Map and photo courtesy of Google Maps

Thank you.

Questions?

Dr. Philip Berke pberke@arch.tamu.edu

Matthew Malecha, MURP

malecha915@tamu.edu

Categories of Land Use Policies: Application to Hazard Mitigation

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Variables that comprise social vulnerability based on U.S. Census 2010 definitions (derived from SVI)

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SV Composite Flag Score

Social Vulnerability Scores: Ft. Lauderdale, FL

SV Composite Network of Plans Score

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