Center for Hazards Research and Policy Development

07/01/2015

On July 30th, the Planning Information Exchange will host a webinar titled "Climate Change Adaptation & Resilience". This webinar will provide an overview of the Rockefeller/Arup definition of resilience and offer a community case study including strategies, approaches, tools, and lessons learned from the front lines on how one community began to address climate change.

Good for 1.0 core CEC for CFMs, and 1.0 CM credit for AICPs

https://www.planning.org/nationalcenters/hazards/planninginformationexchange/

Information exchange forums are an increasingly common and useful way to encourage peer-to-peer learning and exchange of information. With advances in web-based meetings and seminars, an information exchange forum can reach a national and even international audience.

06/23/2015

Congratulations to the Commonwealth of Kentucky for advancing to Phase 2 of HUD's National Disaster Resilience Competition! Once awarded, this program will fund resilience focused projects in areas most vulnerable to hazard events. To keep up and provide your input throughout the second round of application and see which projects will receive priority, check out the Kentucky Department for Local Government's website.

http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/press/press_releases_media_advisories/2015/HUDNo_15-079

WASHINGTON - U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro announced today that 40 states and local communities will compete in the second and final phase of HUD's National Disaster Resilience Competition (NDRC). Aligned closely with a companion education and technical assistance effort…

06/10/2015

Through the HUD Sustainable Communities Initiative, the National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) Research Foundation recently released an issue brief titled: "Creating Opportunity and Prosperity Through Strengthening Rural-Urban Connections."

Highlighted within are two Kentucky initiatives: One on increasing broadband access through the The Peoples Rural Telephone Cooperative and another statewide approach for increasing disaster resilience through the Community Hazard Assessment and Mitigation Planning System (CHAMPS); to which CHR played a vital role in.

Read on here: http://www.nado.org/issue-brief-creating-opportunity-and-prosperity-through-strengthening-rural-urban-connections/

NADO.org > Resources > Disaster Resilience > Issue Brief: Creating Opportunity and Prosperity Through Strengthening Rural-Urban Connections

06/04/2015

Webinar Notice! 'Resilient Cities: Strengthening resilience through green space and stewardship'

June 10th, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.

This webinar provides a unique opportunity to learn about the importance of urban green space for building resilience, from the perspective of the internationally-reaching Rockefeller Foundation and a USDA Forest Service social scientist in New York City.

http://www.fs.fed.us/research/urban-webinars/

06/04/2015

Are you a member of the mitigation planning community and would like to join a group that shares best practices and policy guidance? The American Planning Association (APA) is on the verge of launching a new division for 'Hazard Mitigation and Recovery Planning'. Consider joining and following this group on APA's website and LinkedIn!

https://www.planning.org/divisions/hazardmitigation/

Planners are frequently called upon to advise municipalities, counties, regions, states and federal agencies concerning risk reduction and disaster recovery. Many members of APA have been involved in providing pre- and post-disaster assistance in their respective communities, while others serve as a…

04/09/2015

Now that the Wildcat NCAA tourney tides have receded, UK is ready to unveil their draft 'natural' hazard mitigation plan for public review. Intrigued? Check out the site below.

Disclosure: Couch fire preparedness AND unleashed bull preparedness are not covered in this policy document (FEMA ain't gunna fund that!).

The University of Kentucky Department of Crisis Management and Preparedness created a Hazard Mitigation Plan that outlines 13 emergencies, how those emergencies could affect the campus community, and how the university would respond to those emergencies.

03/30/2015

Cardinals will be disguised as Wildcats tomorrow (gasp!) as CHR presents at the University of Kentucky for their final Mitigation Plan Update meeting. Open and free to the public, we'll have special guest, Meteorologist Joe Sullivan of the US National Weather Service Louisville Kentucky to teach us about becoming a Weather-Ready Nation. Stop in and see us!

Disclosure: Couch-fire preparedness will not be covered in this session!

More info here: http://www.uky.edu/EM/hazardmitigationplan.html

03/20/2015

Looking to strengthen economic resilience in your community/region?

CHR has partnered with NADO to produce pilot guidance for the Kerr-Tar Region in NC on how to link hazard mitigation and economic development planning processes. The below link contains this resource and webinar recording to discuss our recommendations.

http://www.nado.org/webinar-recording-and-slides-building-economic-resilience-in-your-community-linking-economic-development-and-hazard-mitigation-planning/

NADO.org > Resources > Disaster Resilience > Webinar Recording and Slides: “Building Economic Resilience in Your Community: Linking Economic Development and Hazard Mitigation Planning”

03/19/2015

We are proud to have served as a Capacity Builder for the Sustainable Communities Learning Network. Through best practice examples of this program HUD has developed a free library of sustainability resources.

Check it out!
https://www.hudexchange.info/programs/sci/

The Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant Program supports locally-led collaborative efforts that bring together diverse interests from the many municipalities in a region to determine how to best target housing, economic and workforce development, and infrastructure investments to create…

02/12/2015

As states and communities work to propose future programming for HUD's National Disaster Resilience Competition, for several years Kentucky has been working on just that; part of which includes - 'Developing a Framework for State and Local Community Recovery Planning'. We are thrilled that our statewide framework for short- and long-term community recovery is included in a recent special issue of JAPA on 'Planning for Disaster Recovery'. More importantly, we hope this applied framework is helpful for other communities as they work to become more resilient. Cheers!

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01944363.2014.990844

(2014). Developing a Framework for State and Local Community Recovery Planning. Journal of the American Planning Association: Vol. 80, Planning for Disaster Recovery, pp. 308-309. doi: 10.1080/01944363.2014.990844

01/14/2015

Where were you during the 2009 flash flood event in Louisville? On August 4th over 7 inches of rain dumped on the Metro Louisville area, and this was UofL's response that ensured continuity of operations...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir6nyMu-nnk&feature=youtu.be

for Dennis Sullivan

01/09/2015

Recap of US natural hazards in 2014...

Reflecting on the past year, we are reminded of the natural hazards that are a persistent part of our lives and of the contributions of science to disaster preparedness. Read more