Public Involvement in Planning and Local Government Committment to Hazard Mitigation

Investigator(s):

Raymond Burby (PI)

Sponsor:

University of New Orleans, LA 70148 5042807154

Start Date/Expiration Date

1998-09-01 to 2000-12-31 (amended 1999-06-07)

Awarded Amount to Date:

$294,303

Abstract: CMS 9801155 Burby This research will investigate the extent to which public involvement in state and federal programs to foster hazard mitigation planning is likely to be effective. The research will take advantage of program activities now underway among local governments in states that have mandated the preparation of local government comprehensive plans and among local governments that are participating the Federal Emergency Management agency's Community Rating System (CRS) and have prepared flood plain management plans. Data will be gathered from a sample of 100 local governments within Florida and Washington. Case studies will also be conducted in three jurisdictions with exemplary citizen involvement efforts in order to see if statistical results can be replicated using qualitative methods, shed additional light on the processes through which citizen involvement is, or is not, translated into commitment by public officials to address hazards, and to reveal how various public involvement techniques affect these processes. This research will have implications for various kinds of natural hazards.

NSF Org:

CMS - Division of Civil and Mechanical Systems

Award Number:

9801155

Award Instrument:

Continuing grant

Program Manager:

Shih-Chi Liu
CMS Division of Civil and Mechanical Systems
ENG Directorate for Engineering

NSF Program(s):

EARTHQUAKE SYSTEMS INTEGRATION

Field Application(s):

Disaster & Natural Hazard, Earthquake

Program Reference Code(s):

EARTHQUAKE SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, 1499
RENEWAL ENGINEERING, 1039

Program Element Code(s):

1499