Using Scenarios to Plan for Hazards
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Course Details
Climate change, and its associated disruptions to historical climate and weather patterns on the global, regional, and local scales, pose a particular challenge to prevailing methods of hazard mitigation planning. Additionally, mitigation planning methods, formalized through a set of federal and state-level policies, legislative requirements, and regulations, are slow to adapt and integrate new and emerging tools and techniques.
This course will explore how exploratory scenario planning can be used by planners and local practitioners to navigate the inherent uncertainty underlying hazard mitigation in an era of climate disruption, both within and alongside the existing hazard mitigation planning framework. This session will provide discrete guidance on tactically integrating scenario planning into hazard mitigation plans, through a variety of accessible and straightforward techniques, without the need for complex climate models, big budgets, or advanced planning software.
Learning Outcomes
- Utilize exploratory scenario planning techniques to improve hazard mitigation and climate adaptation plans.
- Compare the approaches of a diverse set of communities using scenario planning to plan for hazards and climate change impacts.
- Identify the specific stages within the adaptation and mitigation planning processes for using exploratory scenario planning techniques.