This assignment is designed to examine the integration of social vulnerability concepts in hazard mitigation plans by revisiting your hazard mitigation plan of choice from the first assignment.
You will need the following documents to complete the assignment:
Local or State Hazard Mitigation Plan from the first assignment. You are free to choose a new plan if you prefer.
Reading assignments from this module including FEMA’s Local Hazard Mitigation
Actions
guidance
Review this module’s readings assignments and FEMA’s Local Hazard Mitigation guidance.
Find and identify sections in your local hazard mitigation plan that discuss, map, or calculate measures on the socio-economic make-up of the community incl. populations with functional needs.
Answer the following questions (in full sentences):
Does your local hazard mitigation plan detail the socio-economic characteristics of the local community? If so, what population characteristics are discussed (e.g., type of variables/characteristics).
How are populations captured in the plan? Is it just Census data or did the plan include some form of social vulnerability index?
How (if at all) did the plan combine social vulnerability information with physical vulnerability (i.e. hazard information)?
Do any of the proposed mitigation action aim to reduce social vulnerability?
How do you assess the quality of social vulnerability information contained in the plan?
How could the jurisdiction improve on the quality of its social vulnerability assessment?
Upload your assignment (or combined into a single pdf) on Canvas as .doc, .docx, or .pdf files.
The document must contain
a way to retrieve a copy of the local hazard mitigation plan you reviewed (e.g., URL, upload a separate document on Canvas, etc.);
references using APA format; and
answers to the six questions posed above.
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