One of the main areas for improving our approach to planning for resilience is improving communication between departments and communication between plans. Our hazard mitigation plans should be incorporating action items from climate action plans and our comprehensive plans should be including the hazard mitigation plan information. It’s not enough to just reference the document, but all city plans and priorities need to consider hazards before adoption to avoid situations like goals for a walkable, urban, dense downtown when the downtown is prone to frequent flooding. As author Jaimie Hicks Masterson said planners should look at policies, plans, processes, and procedures within their department to ensure they support reducing hazard risks. Planners should step forward and be the conveners that we are trained to be.

Links:

• Building Resilience Through Plan Integration article with a link to the Plan Integration for Resilience Scorecard Guidebook: https://www.planning.org/pas/memo/2021/jan/

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