Blogs

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January 28, 2025

Upskilling Planners for Climate Impacts

An advisory panel helped identify emerging topics and skills that will aid planners in hazard mitigation and climate adaptation as part of APA's partnership with FEMA.

February 9, 2024

Can Floating Homes Help Us Dodge Climate Hazards?

Spotlight on Zoning Practice: Are floating homes part of the solution to rising sea levels and more frequent and severe storms?

February 23, 2023

Risk MAP Program's Impact on Hazard Mitigation Planning

Uncovering JAPA: Understanding the importance of combining enhanced data into a collaborative process for hazard mitigation planning.

April 7, 2022

Making Disaster Recovery More Equitable

Uncovering JAPA: The aftermath of Hurricane Dolly (2008) on the colonias of the Rio Grande Valley illustrate the need for equitable disaster recovery.

September 28, 2021

Helping Planners Advance Disaster Recovery

APA recently published the Post-Disaster Recovery Guide for Planners — a resource that aims to help local planners working for communities that are recovering from all kinds of disasters, including catastrophic flooding and damage and disruption from cascading hazards.

January 14, 2021

Greenspace Resilience in the Wake of Disasters

Uncovering JAPA: Get recommendations for integrating proactive and resilient greenspace improvements into disaster recovery planning.

January 29, 2019

Four Plans for Shaping the Future of Puerto Rico

A summary of four plans that will shape Puerto Rico’s response to the urgent humanitarian needs of the island’s residents after Hurricanes Irma and Maria.

October 12, 2018

Hazard Mitigation Reforms Hitch a Ride on FAA Bill

Congressional legislation reauthorizing the FAA included important reforms that promote hazard mitigation and resiliency. The legislation marks one of the most sweeping changes to federal hazard programs in years.

January 16, 2018

Living on the Edge: Get to Know Your Wildland-Urban Interface

One-third of the U.S. population lives in the wildland-urban interface (WUI). It's important for planners to consider the WUI during the community planning process due to its direct link to potential wildfire disasters.