Hazards Planning Research CenterOutreachThrough a variety of institutional partnerships and outreach activities, APA increases awareness of hazards and planning issues. Current ProjectsNational Building MuseumThe Hazards Planning Research Center is participating on the advisory council for the National Building Museum’s planned “Designing for Disaster” exhibit. Hurricane IkeHazards Planning Research Center manager Jim Schwab, AICP, has been invited by the Texas APA Chapter to participate in an effort at its upcoming October 2009 annual conference in Galveston to assist with chapter efforts to support local recovery planning efforts following Hurricane Ike, which struck the Galveston area in September 2008. Schwab spoke on a panel addressing such issues at the chapter’s February 2009 conference in El Paso, which took the place of the 2008 conference originally planned in Galveston but canceled when Hurricane Ike struck two weeks before the scheduled date. Past ProjectsHurricane KatrinaAPA undertook a wide variety of initiatives to assist planners along the Gulf Coast after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, which are detailed in a compendium on the APA website. The Hazards Planning Research Center manager was involved in several of these as well as fielding 40 news media calls in the two months after Hurricane Katrina struck. APA’s ongoing engagement with the area continues in the current focus on Delta Urbanism. | ||
