We explore application of a Plan Integration of Resilience Scorecard (PIRS) in the U.S. cities of Nashua and Norfolk that involved a partnership between university experts and local government staff to assess the degree to which networks of local plans are coordinated and target hazardous areas.
Peer Reviewed Journal Article
Examining Factors Influencing Plan Integration for Community Resilience in Six US Coastal Cities Using Hierarchical Linear Modeling
This study is the first to use Hierarchical Linear Modeling (HLM) to investigate the influence of local planning capacity and other contextual factors on the integration of hazard mitigation policies and building of resilience across community ’networks of plans’ in six US coastal cities.
Planning to Exacerbate Flooding: Evaluating a Houston, Texas, Network of Plans in Place during Hurricane Harvey Using a Plan Integration for Resilience Scorecard
This study used the Plan Integration for Resilience Scorecard (PIRS) method to spatially evaluate a network of plans guiding land use and development in western Houston when Harvey struck.
Making Room for the River: Applying a Plan Integration for Resilience Scorecard to a Network of Plans in Nijmegen, Netherlands
Problem, research strategy, and findings: In this study we analyze plan integration for flood resilience in the city of Nijmegen, the site of the largest Room for the River project in The Netherlands. Little is known about the degree to which local and regional plans are coordinated with the national Room for the River program… [Read More]
Plans That Disrupt Development: Equity Policies and Social Vulnerability in Six Coastal Cities
We evaluate the degree to which equity policies in local networks of plans support risk reduction for socially vulnerable populations, and examine the relationship between equity policies scores and the level of social vulnerability in six cities exposed to floods and projected sea level rise.
Integrating a Resilience Scorecard and Landscape Performance Tools into a Geodesign Process
A Geodesign process was developed using the resilience scorecard to assess flood vulnerability using projections for the 100-year floodplain with sea-level rise by 2100.
Spatially Evaluating a Network of Plans and Flood Vulnerability Using a Plan Integration for Resilience Scorecard: A Case Study in Feijenoord District, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
To better understand coordination and conflicts in policy responses to flood hazards, this study evaluates a district in the city of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, using the Plan Integration for Resilience Scorecard method.
Plan Integration for Resilience Scorecard: Evaluating Networks of Plans in Six US Coastal Cities
We apply a plan integration for resilience scorecard in six US coastal cities to evaluate the integration of local networks of plans and the degree to which they target areas most vulnerable to flooding hazards.
Evaluation of Networks of Plans and Vulnerability to Hazards and Climate Change: a Resilience Scorecard
We find that local plans are not fully consistent and do not always address the areas in a community most vulnerable to floods or sea level risks; moreover, some plans actually increase physical and social vulnerability to hazards.