Jaimie Hicks Masterson, Program Coordinator, Texas Target Communities, presents “The Plethora of Plan Problem and Increasing Hazard Vulnerability.” The presentation was given at “Natural, Built, Virtual,” the 19th annual Texas A&M College of Architecture Research Symposium, which was held Oct. 23 in the Langford Architecture Center’s Preston Geren Auditorium. The daylong session showcased research and creative work by college faculty and, for the first time, doctoral students.
Project Summary: Communities are often overwhelmed by their own plethora of plans, many of which are inconsistent and lack integration to effect increased resiliency. Now, communities have access to a collaborative spatial plan evaluation tool, which seeks to address concerns of inconsistent plans. The National Research Council (NRC) recommended the development of this resilience scorecard in 2012 and believes a resilience scorecard is “essential if communities want to track their progress toward resiliency” and “target efforts where they most need to improve.”
