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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
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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