Mitigation Planning: Why Hazard Exposure, Structural Vulnerability, and Social Vulnerability Matter Academic Article

abstract

• Increasing interest in fostering resilient communities requires a more comprehensive approach to hazard mitigation planning that overcomes the limitations of traditional hazard assessments, notably the failure to explicitly incorporate an analysis of social vulnerability. We statistically analyzed a random sample of 1500 damage assessments of single-family homes collected following Hurricane Ike to assess the contributions of hazard exposure, structural vulnerability, and social vulnerability. The results indicate that hazard exposure, structural characteristics, and socioeconomic characteristics are significant predictors of structural damage. The implications suggest that comprehensive hazard assessments can provide additional insights for mitigation planning and community resiliency.

authors

• Highfield, Wesley
• Peacock, Walter
• Van Zandt, Shannon

published proceedings

• JOURNAL OF PLANNING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

altmetric score

• 295.16

author list (cited authors)

• Highfield, W. E., Peacock, W. G., & Van Zandt, S.

citation count

• 121

complete list of authors

• Highfield, Wesley E||Peacock, Walter Gillis||Van Zandt, Shannon

publication date

• September 2014

publisher

• SAGE Publications  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Planning Education and Research  Journal

keywords

• Hazard Mitigation
• Hazard Recovery
• Hurricane Ike
• Social Vulnerability

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1177/0739456X14531828

start page

• 287

end page

• 300

volume

• 34

issue

• 3

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0739456x14531828

user-defined tag

• 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities