How Can Planners Support Recovery From Urban Crises and Build Adaptability to Future Challenges

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Certification Maintenance


CM | 1.25
SR | 1

Learning Outcomes

  • That planners have a role in ensuring communities are both resilient and sustainable to natural hazard events.
  • That planners understand their role, and are better prepared, to assist in a recovery process.
  • That planners have a starting place to develop their pre-event recovery plan.

Course Details

This session will outline lessons for land use recovery from severe weather, earthquakes, and climate change from New Zealand, Australia, and the United States, and encourage planners to explore their role in the recovery process and to take action before a disaster strikes their community.