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Growing Safe

Posted by: Chris Steins
Thanks to: Planning Magazine Editor
8 May 2002 - 5:00am

Is your comprehensive plan hazardous to your community's health?

"Local comprehensive plans can be a powerful tool for protecting communities against losses from natural hazards. Unfortunately, very few communities have plans that really make a difference in disaster prevention.Unfortunately very few communities have plans that really make a difference in disaster prevention. Are We Planning Safer Communities?, a study concluded in December 2001 by the Institute for Business & Home Safety, shows that many comprehensive plans pay little or no attention to the risks from natural hazards. IBHS — a national nonprofit funded by the insurance industry — found that a typical plan addresses only half the elements that contribute to a safe, hazard-resistant community."

Full Story: Growing Safe
Source: Planning Magazine, May 6, 2002
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