Integrating Transportation Hazards in Hazard Mitigation Plans: Findings from California Cities

The Federal Disaster Mitigation Act (2000) requires state, local, and tribal governments to develop hazard mitigation plans as a condition of receiving pre- or post-disaster grants. The California Emergency Management Agency defines the hazard mitigation planning process as involving four steps: hazard identification, vulnerability analysis, hazard mitigation strategy, and implementation. Reviewing ten large California cities’ Hazard Mitigation Plans, this paper assesses the presence of transportation infrastructure vulnerability analyses. Among the cities studied, transportation infrastructure was inadequately studied. Policy modifications are suggested to incorporate a transportation hazard component into vulnerability analyses to better assess effects on transportation infrastructure. This issue has taken on greater urgency because of the growing recognition of the impacts of climate change on infrastructure vulnerability.

Language

  • English

Media Info

  • Media Type: Digital/other
  • Features: Figures; References; Tables;
  • Pagination: 11p
  • Monograph Title: TRB 93rd Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 01516088
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Report/Paper Numbers: 14-1212
  • Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
  • Created Date: Feb 27 2014 9:05AM