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.
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Supplemental Notes:
- This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ANB80T Emergency Evacuation.
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Corporate Authors:
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Authors:
- Ibanez, Edson
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Conference:
- Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting
- Location: Washington DC
- Date: 2014-1-12 to 2014-1-16
- Date: 2014
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 11p
- Monograph Title: TRB 93rd Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Climate change; Disasters and emergency operations; Grant aid; Hazard mitigation; Infrastructure; Policy analysis; Risk assessment
- Geographic Terms: California
- Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Security and Emergencies; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01516088
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: 14-1212
- Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Feb 27 2014 9:05AM