Name: Developing a Fact Basis for Hazard Planning
Author: Shannon Van Zandt

Course Info

6 video lessons (62 Mins)
Published
2013
4.35

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1.

Introduction

3 mins
2.

History and Impacts Model

22 mins
3.

Hazard Exposure

6 mins
4.

Physical Vulnerabilities

7 mins
5.

Social Vulnerabilities

13 mins
6.

Putting the Pieces Together

8 mins

Course Description

As sea levels rise and other changing climatological patterns display an increasing ability to devastate urban populations, hazard mitigation has become a hot topic globally. Emergency management planners could reduce losses and strengthen community resilience by mapping socially vulnerable areas and focusing hazard mitigation efforts where they are most needed. This course focuses on techniques for assessing hazard exposure, physical vulnerability and social vulnerability, and understanding their relationship to one another. Through a literature review, as well as applied cases, specifically in Galveston, Texas after Hurricane Ike, Dr. Shannon Van Zandt goes through a step-by-step risk assessment model for planners to weave into their hazard and disaster planning strategies.