Assessing the Quality of Rural Hazard Mitigation Plans in the Southeastern United States Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • High-quality hazard mitigation plans may improve postdisaster outcomes in many ways, including establishing a community fact base and providing rationales for protective policies and actions. Hazard mitigation plans in eighty-four rural counties in the Southeastern United States were scored using an established protocol. To supplement quantitative data, twenty-one key informant interviews were conducted in a subsample of seven counties. While overall plan quality was poor, informants identified areas for improvement. Understanding potential shortcomings of rural hazard mitigation plans can help communities identify areas to direct limited resources to improve plans, particularly in communities that self-identify as highly vulnerable to disasters.

published proceedings

  • JOURNAL OF PLANNING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

altmetric score

  • 7

author list (cited authors)

  • Horney, J., Mai, N., Salvesen, D., Dwyer, C., Cooper, J., & Berke, P.

citation count

  • 48

complete list of authors

  • Horney, Jennifer||Mai, Nguyen||Salvesen, David||Dwyer, Caroline||Cooper, John||Berke, Philip

publication date

  • March 2017