Planning for the Unexpected

"Typical plans include only about half of the elements necessary for a safe, hazard-resistant community. How does your plan stack up? Does it manage environmental, capital, economic, social, and institutional risks? Can it adapt to emerging risks? This report describes the tools planners have to identify and manage risks related to land use." [from APA website]

Table of Contents

Assessing Risk in Land-Use Planning

Defining Risk • Risk Types • Other Risk Characteristics • Risk and Land-Use Decisions

A Risk Management Framework

What Is Risk Management • How Risk Is Managed

Examining Four Programs to Manage Risks

Disaster-Resistant Berkeley: Uniting Disaster Management with Planning in California • Palm Beach County: The Front Lines for Florida’s Ongoing Growth Management Efforts • Calvert County, Maryland: Reacting to Smart Growth Incentives • Saint Paul, Minnesota: Regional Tax-Base Sharing

Putting It All Together: Establishing a Risk-Management-Based Approach to Planning in Your Community

Why Local Implementation Is Best • Using the Land-Use Planning Framework for Implementation • Planners Are Ideally Situated to Do Risk Management • Planners Also Need to Seek Collaboration and Support • Growing Awareness of Risk-Based Planning

Appendix A. List of References and Bibliography

[Publication: PAS 531]