Planning for the unexpected
Subtitle: land-use development and risk
By: Laurie Johnson, Laura Dwelley Samant, and Suzanne Frew.
Contributors: Samant, Laura Dwelley.; Frew, Suzanne.; American Planning Association. Planning Advisory Service.
Series: Planning Advisory Service report -- no. 531; Report (American Planning Association. Planning Advisory Service) -- no. 531.
Publisher: American Planning Association
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Chicago, IL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 59
Subjects: Land use -- United States; City planning and redevelopment law -- United States; Environmental risk assessment -- United States; Risk assessment -- United States
Other titles: Land-use development and risk
Notes: Cover title.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 55-59).
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1. Assessing risk in land-use planning. Defining risk; title: Risk types; title: Other risk characteristics; title: Risk and land-use decisions. Chapter 2. A risk management framework. What is risk management; title: How risk in managed. Chapter 3. Examining four programs to manage risks. Disaster-resistant Berkeley: uniting disaster management with planning in California; title: Palm Beach County: the front lines for Florida's ongoing growth management efforts; title: Calvert County, Maryland: reacting to smart growth incentives; title: Saint Paul, Minnesota: regional tax-base sharing. Chapter 4. Putting it all together: establishing a risk-management-based approach to planning in your community. Why local implementation is best; title: Using the land-use planning framework for implementation; title: Planners are ideally situated to do risk management; title: Planners also need to seek collaboration and support; title: Growing awareness of risk-based planning.