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Integrating Hazard Mitigation into New Urban and Conventional DevelopmentsDepartment of City and Regional Planning, Institute for the Environment at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, pberke{at}unc.edu
Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, ys{at}email.unc.edu
Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, mrsteven{at}email.unc.edu The twentieth century model of the sprawling metropolis has fostered a massive build up of highly vulnerable development. New Urbanism has emerged to counter many of the societal ills of sprawl, but there is growing concern about placing this compact urban form in harm's way. Using 33 matched pairs of New Urban and conventional low-density developments we examine how well New Urban developments located in hazardous areas incorporate hazard mitigation techniques. Findings indicate that New Urban developments are compounding the growing risk to hazards by potentially adding higher density development than in the past. We recommend changes in New Urban model codes, and public policy that places more emphasis on mitigation through comprehensive planning.
Key Words: hazards • mitigation • land use planning • New Urbanism
This version was published on June
1, 2009 Journal of Planning Education and Research, Vol. 28, No. 4,
441-455 (2009) |
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