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PAD4390 Module 11 Mitigation Planning Process Questions
Post your response to one of the following discussion questions for Module 11, HMP Chapter 10 and HMP 1st Edition Ch13 (a PDF posted in Module 11); and Module 12, HMP Chapter 12. Please note the # of the question for which you comment. Your initial response for each selected question must be at least 250 words. Please add a word count at the end of each response. Cite the weekly readings and other sources, if needed, to support your comment. You also have to comment on one initial response from other students.
Q1: Compare the five types of mitigation strategies listed in Table 12.1 on page 433 regarding three attributes – effectiveness, cost, and implementation barriers. Discuss why a mitigation manager or a land use planner has to consider tradeoffs between different mitigation strategies in building community resilience to disasters. (Hint: skim the recommended reading – 2016_Ge&Lindell – in Module 12 folder)
Q2: What are the four basic phases in a mitigation planning process? From your point of view, which phase(s) is(are) not being undertaken effectively in the local mitigation plan-making process? Why?
Q3: What is the relationship between a risk assessment report and a hazard mitigation plan? What are the six steps of a risk assessment process?
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The risk assessment is the backbone of the hazard mitigation plan. The risk assessment provides the justification and rationalization for policies that are written in the plan. It aligns with the regulations of the Disaster Mitigation Act in that the hazard mitigation plans shall include a risk assessment (Schwab, 2007). A risk assessment informs of the hazards that communities face, in turn it aids in choosing the most appropriate mitigation and preparedness strategies to become more community resilient. Through a mitigation plan, the information obtained during the risk assessment can be utilized to protect existing buildings and to retrofit older buildings against hazard impacts or guide future developments, on land that is not yet developed, in keeping people and properties out of hazardous prone areas (Schwab, 2016).
There are no two towns, counties, or local communities that will have identical risk assessments; however, there are steps that are common to all hazard risk assessments. First step of a risk assessment is identifying hazards, which ask the question “What kinds of hazards can affect the community?” Identifying the hazards involves listing all that might occur in the local region and providing a description of each one (Schwab, 2016). Second step is profiling hazards, which ask the question “What is the potential impact of the identified hazards on the community?” Profiling hazards helps in determining how each affect the community, how often they may occur, and where they might take place (Schwab, 2016). Third step is inventorying vulnerable assets and populations, which ask the question “What will be affected by the hazard event?” This step will determine the number of people and amount of existing assets that are at risk from the hazards that were identified (Schwab, 2016). Fourth step is estimating potential losses, which answers the question “What could the community lose in a hazard event?” This helps indicate how the community could be impacted economically (Schwab, 2016). Fifth step is describing future land use and development, which raises the question “What people and property will be at risk from hazards in the future if growth and development continue?” This step allows mitigation strategies to be formed to help foster change where future developments that might occur in hazard risk areas. Lastly, the sixth step is forming conclusions which are based on the data collected and the analysis conducted (Schwab, 2016).
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PAD4390 Module 11 Mitigation Planning Process Questions