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- Title
- Land Use Planning for Earthquake Hazard Mitigation: A Handbook for Planners.
- File
- PB87173894.pdf
- Author(s)
- Bolton, P. A.; Heikkala, S. G.; Greene, M. M.; May, P. J.
- Source
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Directorate for Engineering., cJanuary 1986, 134 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- SP-14
- Abstract
- The handbook, written by planners and hazards management specialists, purports to demonstrate the usefulness of land use planning techniques in a systematic manner. A comprehensive decision-making framework is presented. It outlines the steps local officials in an earthquake-prone area can take to determine the effectiveness of land use planning techniques to reduce losses in their community from an earthquake. Ways to obtain information, assess seismic risk, and determine the appropriateness of various planning techniques are discussed. The process for determining a planning technique's feasibility in the community, costs to be considered for various techniques, and ways to evaluate the effectiveness of a particular technique are described.
- Keywords
- Cost analysis; Damage assessment; Economic factors; Land use; Land use zoning; Risk; Buildings; Real property; Hazards; Safety; Sales; Ordinances; Handbooks; Decision making; Ownership; Losses; Earthquakes; Building codes