Hazard and Resiliency Planning: Perceived Benefits and Barriers Among Land Use Planners. Final Research Report

摘要

Hazard and resiliency planning is the active pursuit of mitigating the risks associated with natural and other hazards in terms of losses of life, property, and natural and economic resources. Examples of hazard planning include structural preparations for natural disasters such as hurricanes and sea level change, but also include behavior change, community preparedness, education, and outreach. Communities that actively engage in hazard and resiliency planning are less prone to disaster, recover faster from disasters which do occur, and endure less economic hardship than those communities which do not. This research attempts to create a better understanding of the human dimensions involved in why local communities, specifically community planners, do or do not engage in hazard and resiliency planning behaviors, and what factors might lead to more robust planning. The purpose of this project was to gain a better understanding of the factors that contribute to specific risk and resilience-related behaviors, providing insight into ways to help individuals and communities engage in more resilient behaviors that reduce losses of life, property, and coastal resources. The project explored and documented the factors underlying specific coastal hazards risk and resilience related behaviors among local land-use planners in coastal zones of four of the NOAA regions. These underlying factors included individuals' attitudes, perceptions, beliefs, and historical experiences, as well as social, economic, and physical conditions that influence behaviors. Following a Community-Based Social Marketing model, this project explored the perceived and actual benefits associated with engaging in specific resilient behaviors, as well as the perceived and actual barriers to engaging in those behaviors.