The Local Hazard Mitigation Plan and the Comprehensive Plan: When the Plans Finally Talk

FEMA local hazard mitigation planning process — community meeting rural county hazard assessment

Part 5 of 5 in our August series on Public Safety and Hazard Mitigation in the Comprehensive Plan. Most communities have already mapped their risks. They know which roads flood first, which low-water crossings become impassable, which neighborhoods have limited ways in or out, and which public facilities lose power when the weather turns bad. […]

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Floodplain Management and the Comprehensive Plan: Beyond the FEMA Flood Map

floodplain management comprehensive plan — aerial view of river flooding rural town and agricultural land

Part 4 of 5 in our August series on Public Safety and Hazard Mitigation in the Comprehensive Plan. Nearly every comprehensive plan acknowledges flood risk. Too seldom do our planning processes translate that acknowledgment into effective floodplain management. Every community has a relationship with water. Some are defined by a major river, a lake, a […]

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