DOI: 10.1016/j.crm.2017.06.004
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-85021242335
论文题名: Integrating climate change into hazard mitigation planning: Opportunities and examples in practice
作者: Stults M.
刊名: Climate Risk Management
ISSN: 22120963
出版年: 2017
卷: 17 起始页码: 21
结束页码: 34
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Adaptation
; Climate change
; FEMA
; Hazard mitigation
; Planning
英文摘要: Over the last several decades, natural disasters in the United States have become more numerous and costly. Climate change threatens to further exacerbate this trend by increasing both the severity and duration of many natural hazards, ultimately leading to even greater costs in both human life and monetary resources. To prepare for these changes, a handful of local communities have integrated climate change into their Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) approved hazard mitigation plans. This paper analyzes 30 U.S. local hazard mitigation plans against a conceptual framework for how climate change could be integrated into the requirements specified in the FEMA Plan Review Crosswalk, a checklist used by FEMA to evaluate and approve local hazard mitigation plans. Results show that the majority (23/35) of communities are openly discussing how climate change could affect or already is affecting the occurrence of natural hazards. Additionally, over half also include hazard mitigation actions that are designed to be viable in a climate-altered future. These actions, however, represent only a small portion of the total actions proposed in the plans and are generally focused on researching, planning, and capacity building. In addition, few communities include a formal commitment to adapting to climate change or include clear mechanisms for integrating new climate information as it become available into plan revisions. In general, results from this analysis show that there is little consistency in how communities are integrating climate change into hazard planning. These findings point to both the nascence of this practice and the opportunity to develop more formalized guidance that can steer communities towards holistic integration of climate change into hazards planning. © 2017 Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/59002
Appears in Collections: 气候变化与战略
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作者单位: University of Michigan, 440 Church Street, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Recommended Citation:
Stults M.. Integrating climate change into hazard mitigation planning: Opportunities and examples in practice[J]. Climate Risk Management,2017-01-01,17