Man-Made Hazards and Land Use Planning: The Risks Nobody Puts on the Map

man-made hazards land use planning — aerial view of rural industrial facility pipeline corridor agricultural landscape

Part 3 of 5 in our August series on Public Safety and Hazard Mitigation in the Comprehensive Plan. When most people hear “hazard mitigation,” they think of floods, tornadoes, wildfires, or winter storms. Those are real and familiar risks, especially in rural communities. But communities also face hazards created by the systems we build, the […]

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Public Safety and the Comprehensive Plan: What’s Coming in August

public safety comprehensive plan — aerial view of rural community with emergency services infrastructure and natural hazard landscape

Introducing our August series on Public Safety and Hazard Mitigation in the Comprehensive Plan. In too many communities, the comprehensive plan and the Local Hazard Mitigation Plan live in separate binders — prepared by separate offices, often in separate counties, by decisionmakers who may not know each other, let alone talk to one another. It’s […]

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