Option

Integrate hazard mitigation and climate adaptation into comprehensive and community plans

Details

Focus of action
Planning
Option

Integrate hazard mitigation and climate adaptation into comprehensive and community plans

Focus of action
Planning

Examples from plans

This option appears in resilience plans from around the country.

Option from plan Hazards Sort descending Assets Region Source Plan
Integrate drought preparedness and management efforts into community plans (e.g., comprehensive plan, strategic plan, water resource plan) Drought Water Infrastructure – Drinking WaterMultiple or All Assets National HUD Community Resilience Toolkit (p. 23)
Update the City’s Comprehensive Plan for SLR and reevaluate the City’s Zoning Ordinance. Flooding – Coastal Multiple or All Assets Southeast Charleston, South Carolina - All Hazards Vulnerability & Risk Assessment (p. 186)
Update the jurisdiction's comprehensive plan and zoning ordinance to account for future sea level rise conditions. Flooding – Coastal Multiple or All AssetsProperty Southeast Charleston, South Carolina - All Hazards Vulnerability & Risk Assessment (p. 186)
Integrate coastal hazards mitigation into town, municipality, and county comprehensive plans. Flooding – Coastal Multiple or All Assets National HUD Community Resilience Toolkit (p. 11)
Integrate flood hazard mitigation into program administration activities such as your community’s comprehensive plan, consolidated plan, agency or department Flooding – General Multiple or All Assets National HUD Community Resilience Toolkit (p. 14)
Integrate erosion and landslide risk hazard mitigation into program administration activities such as your community’s comprehensive plan, land use plan, agency or department strategic plans and program LandslidesErosion and Shoreline Recession Multiple or All Assets National HUD Community Resilience Toolkit (p. 27)
Define steep slope and areas at high risk of landslides in land use and comprehensive plans. LandslidesErosion and Shoreline Recession Multiple or All Assets National HUD Community Resilience Toolkit (p. 27)
Update departmental policies to better incorporate consideration of climate impacts into decision making. Multiple or All HazardsFlooding – General Multiple or All AssetsWater Infrastructure – Stormwater Northwest City of Seattle, WA: Preparing for a Changing Climate (p. 26 (pdf p. 52))
Integrate projected increases in wildfire frequency and intensity into watershed management and planning, dam and raw water reservoir operations and dam emergency planning. Water QualityWildfireDroughtFlooding – General Water Infrastructure – Drinking WaterWater Infrastructure – GeneralWater Infrastructure – Stormwater Southwest Climate Resilient San Diego (p. 57 (pdf p. 63))
Integrate wildfire hazard mitigation into program administration activities such as your community’s comprehensive plan, agency or department strategic plans and program guidance materials. Wildfire Agriculture and Food SupplyUrban Landscape and Tree CanopyAquatic and Marine ResourcesMultiple or All AssetsNatural Areas and WildlifeProperty National HUD Community Resilience Toolkit (p. 19)