The Proof of the Planning Is in the Platting: An Evaluation of Florida's Hurricane Exposure Mitigation Planning Mandate

Deyle, Robert E.; Chapín, Timothy S.; Baker, Earl J.

doi:10.1080/01944360802229612

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“…Under this requirement, cities and counties within the state must adopt in their plans specific flood mitigation and coastal natural hazard policies. Specifically, localities must include in their plans policies that protect flood plains and limit development in and direct populations away from ''coastal high-hazard areas'' (CHHAs) (Deyel et al 2008). Despite this ''checklist'' approach to land use planning, there continues to be wide disparity in the breadth and quality of environmental policies within local plans in Florida (see Brody 2003c).…”

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Identifying factors influencing flood mitigation at the local level in Texas and Florida: the role of organizational capacity

2009

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In the United States, mitigating the adverse impacts of flooding has increasingly become the responsibility of local decision makers. Despite the importance of understanding why flood mitigation techniques are implemented at the local level, few empirical studies have been conducted over the last decade. Our study addresses this lack of research by examining the factors influencing local communities to adopt both structural and non-structural flood mitigation strategies. We use statistical models to predict multiple flood mitigation techniques implemented by cities and counties based on a survey of floodplain administrators and planning officials across Texas and Florida. Particular attention is paid to the role of organizational capacity to address floods in addition to various local geophysical and socioeconomic characteristics. Results indicate that organizational capacity is a significant factor contributing to the implementation of both structural and non-structural flood mitigation techniques, even when controlling for contextual characteristics.

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Identifying factors influencing flood mitigation at the local level in Texas and Florida: the role of organizational capacity

2009

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“…People are reluctant to change the way they live and resist restrictions on development and reduction of their property values. Deyle et al (2008) find that people continue and even increase development in areas designated as hazard zones. New land use policies have a better chance of success as people's existing land uses are not affected and property owners have time to prepare for the future.…”

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“…Obstacles present themselves when the implementation of hazard zoning conflicts with existing land use that favors development interests. Deyle et al (2008) found that existing land use could not be modified to accommodate Special Flood Area Zones as these zones were politically unpopular given development priorities. In addition, land values of designated hazard areas are known to decrease if a community participates in the NFIP (Dehring 2006).…”

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The paper focuses on relocation, retreat, zoning, insurance, and subsidy as major dimensions of coastal hazard mitigation measures that have resurfaced as potent forces for combating coastal inundation and climate change. It reviews the issues surrounding the practice of these measures and discusses compatibilities of policies, engineering measures, and natural defense. Property rights, development interest, and distorted financial incentives pose as main barriers to coastal relocation and retreat policies in hazard-prone areas. To understand and propose coastal adaptation solutions, the paper recommends place-based studies of local coastal adaptation strategies. Place-based studies offer an in-depth knowledge of local conditions specifically regarding the level of implementation of hazard mitigation policies, and shed light on important trade-offs and synergies of various hazard policies. In addition, coupling existing hazard mitigation policies with coastal management and community management can better inform long-term and comprehensive planning of coastal adaptation.

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“…Most research on external initiatives to foster local planning has focused on the influence of state level growth management policy and, to a lesser degree, regional policy on local ability to adopt and implement comprehensive plans (e.g., Berke et al, 2006a,b;Burby and May, 1997;Deyle et al, 2008;Norton, 2005). Several features of state programs influence local plans and plan implementation, including statutory requirements for local planning, forums for deliberation and developing trust, monetary resources for technical studies and staffing, broader participation requirements, and information dissemination (Burby and May, 1997).…”

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Local comprehensive plan quality and regional ecosystem protection: The case of the Jordan Lake watershed, North Carolina, U.S.A.

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The Proof of the Planning Is in the Platting: An Evaluation of Florida's Hurricane Exposure Mitigation Planning Mandate

Cited by 40 publications

References 12 publications

Identifying factors influencing flood mitigation at the local level in Texas and Florida: the role of organizational capacity

Identifying factors influencing flood mitigation at the local level in Texas and Florida: the role of organizational capacity

Policy solutions in the U.S.

Local comprehensive plan quality and regional ecosystem protection: The case of the Jordan Lake watershed, North Carolina, U.S.A.

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