California Publishes New Hazard Mitigation Draft Plan

The California Hazard Mitigation Plan (SHMP) is the state's plan for reshaping and strengthening the built environment to significantly reduce disaster losses created by natural and human-caused hazards.

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August 22, 2007, 1:00 PM PDT

By Chris Steins @planetizen

The updated plan consists of nine chapters and places added emphasis on hazards such as climate change, levee failure, and tsunamis as well as addressing flood, seismic, wildfire, and other hazards.

"Chapter 5, Assessing Hazards, Vulnerability and Risk, links hazards to state goals, objectives and priorities, and classifies hazards into a hierarchy of primary impacts (flood, earthquake, fire), secondary impacts (vulnerable levees, landslides, tsunamis), climate-related hazards (drought, heat, severe storms), and other (terrorism, hazardous materials release, dam failure). It chronicles California's disaster history since 1950 and looks forward with a discussion of the risks of climate change. Also included is a multi-hazard risk assessment for flood, fire, and earthquake in each of California's 58 counties using geographic information system (GIS) modeling, taking into account social vulnerability as well as physical hazards."

Thanks to William Siembieda

FULL STORY: California State Hazard Mitigation Plan (SHMP) DRAFT 2007

Wednesday, August 22, 2007 in State of California

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