Name: Disaster Resilience and Recovery Through Land Use Planning
Author: Walter Gillis Peacock

Course Info

6 video lessons (78 Mins)
Published
2013
4.15

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1.

Howdy!

1 min
2.

A New Era of Catastrophes

14 mins
3.

What's Hazard Mitigation?

17 mins
4.

Mitigation Policies and Strategies

15 mins
5.

Influencing Factors

16 mins
6.

Recovery Efforts with Lori Field Schwarz

13 mins

Course Description

This course focuses on common planning tools and policies for hazard recovery and mitigation. Disaster Resilience is a product of Texas A&M's Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center, focusing principly on storms, hurricanes, water damage, climatological concerns, and flooding in a new era of catastrophes. Topics include social mitigation for vulnerable communities, adoption and implementation of mitigation strategies, and real-world examples of recovery efforts in areas impacted by Hurricane Ike.