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Shoshone County, ID, Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan
Updated July 2018This functional plan details a hazard mitigation strategy for the incorporated jurisdictions and unincorporated areas of the county. -
Santa Cruz, CA, Local Hazard Mitigation Plan
Updated October 2018This functional plan details a hazard mitigation strategy for the city. -
Southeastern, NC, Hazard Mitigation Plan
Updated April 2016This functional plan provides a hazard mitigation strategy for a three-county area. -
Nags Head, NC, Comprehensive Plan
Adopted July 2017The town’s comprehensive plan includes extensive hazard mitigation policy recommendations in its Natural Resources and Resiliency element. -
Augusta-Richmond County, GA, Hazard Mitigation Plan
Updated February 2017This functional plan details a hazard mitigation strategy for three local jurisdictions. -
Yuma, AZ, General Plan
Updated April 2019The city’s comprehensive plan includes extensive hazard mitigation policy recommendations in its Safety Element. -
Central Midlands COG, SC, All Natural Hazard Risk Assessment and Hazard Mitigation Plan
Updated September 2016This functional plan provides a hazard mitigation strategy for a four-county area. -
Baltimore, MD, Disaster Preparedness and Planning Project
Updated October 2018This functional plan serves as a combined hazard mitigation and climate adaption plan for the city. -
Elmore County, ID, Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan
Updated October 2012This functional plan provides a mitigation strategy for two incorporated cities and the unincorporated county. -
York County, PA, Comprehensive Plan
Updated February 2019The county’s comprehensive plan includes a hazard mitigation element, which serves as the local hazard mitigation plan. -
Darke County, OH, Hazard Mitigation Plan
Updated October 2018This functional plan provides a hazard mitigation strategy for all incorporated jurisdictions and unincorporated areas of the county. -
Hampton Roads, VA, Hazard Mitigation Plan
Updated January 2017This functional plan details a hazard mitigation strategy for 10 cities, eight towns, and four counties. -
Lake County, IL, All Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan
Updated August 2017This functional pan details a hazard mitigation strategy for all incorporated jurisdictions and unincorporated areas of the county. -
Larimer County, CO, Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan
Updated May 2016This functional plan provides a detailed hazard mitigation strategy for the incorporated jurisdictions and unincorporated areas of the county. -
Hartford, VT, Hazard Mitigation Plan
Adopted April 2014This functional plan details a mitigation strategy for the town. -
King County, WA, Regional Hazard Mitigation Plan
Updated 2020This functional plan details a hazard mitigation strategy for many of the incorporated cities and special districts as well as the unincorporated area of the county. -
Providence, RI, Providence Tomorrow
Adopted November 2014The city’s comprehensive plan includes extensive hazard mitigation policy recommendations across multiple chapters. -
Yakima, WA, Comprehensive Plan 2040
Adopted June 2017The county’s comprehensive plan includes extensive background and policy recommendations for hazard mitigation in its Natural Hazards chapter and context on its historic preservation strategy. -
San Diego County, CA, General Plan
Updated January 2020The county’s comprehensive plan includes extensive hazard mitigation policy recommendations in its Safety Element. -
Skagit County, WA, Comprehensive Plan
Updated October 2018The county’s comprehensive plan identifies hazard mitigation as major theme. -
Lewes, DE, Hazard Mitigation and Climate Adaptation Action Plan
Adopted June 2011This functional plan details a combined hazard mitigation and climate adaptation strategy for the town. -
Linn County, IA, Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan
Updated July 2019This functional plan details a hazard mitigation strategy for the incorporated jurisdictions and unincorporated areas of the county. -
Music Cities Resilience Handbook
June 2020by: Shain ShapiroThis guide is designed to help cities recovering from COVID-19 establish policies and programs that foster a more resilient music ecosystem. -
Maricopa County, AZ, Floodplain Regulations
Adopted January 2018The county’s floodplain regulations exceed the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s minimum requirements. -
Lee County, FL, Code of Ordinances
Updated February 2020The county’s land development code includes regulations designed to mitigate coastal storms and coastal and riverine flooding. -
Kitsap County, WA, County Code
Updated December 2019The county’s codified ordinances include regulations to mitigate flood, coastal storm, and geological hazards. -
Lincoln City, OR, Municipal Code
Updated October 2019The city’s zoning code establishes special requirements for new development in geologic and coastal storm and flood hazard areas. -
Knox County, TN, Code of Ordinances
Updated February 2020The county’s codified ordinances include flood hazard protection regulations that exceed the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s minimum requirements. -
Vail, CO, Town Code
Updated November 2019The town code provides regulations for scenic view protection and solar energy devices. The town’s zoning code also includes Hazard Regulations designed to reduce flood, geological, and wildfire hazard risks. -
Sandy, OR, Municipal Code
Updated May 2020The city’s development code includes hillside development regulations and flood and slope hazard development overlay districts to reduce geological and flood hazard risks. -
Utah County, UT, Land Use Ordinance
Updated November 2019The county’s land-use code includes overlay districts designed to reduce flood and geological hazard risks. -
Weld County, CO, Code of Ordinances
Updated March 2020The county’s zoning code includes regulations designed to reduce geological and flood hazard risks. -
Racine County, WI, Code of Ordinances
Updated February 2020The county's subdivision ordinance addresses solar design, encouraging solar orientation for streets, lots, and buildings, allowing for solar access easements, and encouraging tree plantings that minimize solar access impacts. The county’s zoning code also includes floodplain development regulations that exceed the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s minimum requirements. -
Myrtle Beach, SC, Code of Ordinances
Updated December 2019The city’s zoning code includes regulations to reduce flood and coastal storm hazard risks. -
West Plains, MO, Code of Ordinances
Updated July 2018The city’s codified ordinances include regulations to mitigate flood and wind hazards. -
Malibu, CA, Local Coastal Program
Updated June 2019The city’s local coastal program code includes regulations designed to reduce geological, flood, and wildfire hazard risks. -
South Kingstown, RI, Code of Ordinances
Updated December 2018The town’s zoning code establishes a High Flood Danger Overlay District to reduce coastal flood hazards. -
Coastal Resilience Center
2020This website provides information about research and education projects designed to help states and communities enhance their resilience to coastal storms and flooding. -
Hazard Mitigation Planning
May 2020This web page provides links to information about the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s hazard mitigation planning program. -
Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center
2020This website provides information about research projects that analyze hazards, emergency preparedness and response, disaster recovery, and hazard mitigation. -
Natural Hazard Mitigation Association
2020This website provides information to help communities reduce natural hazard risks and adapt to climate change. -
Reopening the Cultural Sector in U.S. Cities
June 2020This guide is designed to help cities develop strategies to safely reopen museums, galleries, theaters, music venues, and other cultural gathering spaces during the COVID-19 public health emergency. -
Best Practices for Creative Placemaking
March/April 2017by: Juanita HardyThis article identifies ten best practices to support creative placemaking projects. -
Building Age-Friendly Community: Notes from the Field
Sociology Between the Gaps: Forgotten and Neglected Topics (SBG), 2016by: Rachel Filinson, Marianne Raimondo, Maureen MaigretThis article explores Rhode Island’s efforts to become more age-friendly. -
Age-Friendly Akita City in Action
AARP International: The Journal, 2018by: Stephanie FirestoneThis article highlights efforts to create an age-friendly community in Akita City, Japan. -
Conceptualizing Age-Friendly Communities
Canadian Journal on Aging, 30(3): 479-493, 2011by: Verena Menec, Robin Means, Norah KeatingThis article investigates the age-friendly communities movement from an ecological perspective. -
Intergenerational Cities: A Framework for Policies and Programs
Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, 9(4): 348-365, 2011by: Willem Van VlietThis article explores the benefits, challenges, and opportunities of intergenerational initiatives and proposes a framework for future work. -
Planning for Aging in Place: Stimulating a Market and Government Response
Journal of Planning Education and Research, 37(1): 29-42, 2016by: Mildred Warner, George Homsy, AICP, Lydia MorkenThis article discusses the spatial inequity of market-based services in communities with concentrated senior poverty. -
Towards Global Age-Friendly Cities: Determining Urban Features that Promote Active Aging
Journal of Urban Health 87(5): 733-739, 2010by: Louise Plouffe, Alexandre KalacheThis article highlights the process of developing the WHO’s Checklist of Essential Features of Age-Friendly Cities. -
Parks for an Aging Population: Needs and Preferences of Low-Income Seniors in Los Angeles
Journal of the American Planning Association, 82(3): 236-251, 2016by: Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, Lene Levy-Storms, Lin ChenThis JAPA article shares the results of a literature review and focus groups with low-income, inner-city seniors, advocating for the inclusion of seniors in park design and programming.