College of Architecture and Urban Planning

Institute Description

Planning and Research

Community Involvement

Course Offerings

Announcements and Links

1. Introduction - Mitigation
2. Organizations active in Emergency Management/ Risk Reduction
3. Geomorphology
4. Planning Process
5. Visioning/scenario development
6. Risk Assessment
7. Vulnerability Analysis/Disaster Case Studies/Visioning
8. Risk Analysis
9. Stakeholder Involvement
10. Capability Assessment
11. Issues, Goals and Objective
12. Risk Reduction Measures
13. Phases in Emergency Management
14. Strategies, Programs and Funding Sources
15. Mitigation Case Studies
16. Planning Templates
17. Integration of other Plans and Objectives
18. Courses
19. Grants/Internships
20. Evaluation
21. Watershed Protection
22. Stream Restoration

1. Introduction - Mitigation Home

FEMA IS Page 1-5, http://www.training.fema.gov

2. Organizations active in Emergency Management/ Risk Reduction Home

a. Broad based

· General Information: www.searchgov.com.
· Sustainability: www.ciesin.columbia.edu
· Sustainability: www.un.org/esa/agenda21/natlinfo/countr/usa/natur.htm
· http://cbsnews.cbs.com/network/htdocs/digitaldan/disaster/disasters.htm
· http://www.fema.gov
· http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/
· FEMA Mitigation Room, Library -- http://www.fema.gov/library/lib06.htm
· http://www.uky.edu/Projects/MitigationKy/

b. Northwest

· http://www.wa.gov/wsem/
· http://www.metrokc.gov/prepare/
· http://www2.state.id.us/bds/bds.html
· http://www.ak-prepared.com/
· http://www.osp.state.or.us/oem/oem.htm
· http://www.geophys.washington.edu/SEIS/
· http://www.wsspc.org/

c. Other States

· http://www.dem.dcc.state.nc.us/
· http://www.floridadisaster.org/

d. National

· http://www.hazmit.net/
· http://www.floods.org/
· http://www.iaem.com/
· http://www.nemaweb.org/index.cfm
· http://www.arc-gny.org/

e. International

· http://www.floods.org/honduras/honflood.htm
· http://www.unige.ch/hazards/
· http://www.redr.org
· http://www.usaid.gov/ofda/
· http://www.ijc.org/
· http://www.gefweb.org/
· http://www.worldbank.org/html/fpd/urban/dis_man/dis_man.htm
· http://www.oas.org/
· www.cred.behttp://www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/CAT/index.html
· http://www.crid.or.cr/bvs_crid/I/ihome.htm
· http://www.irf.org/irhazmit.htm

f. Educational/Research Centers

· http:///www.depts.washington.edu/mitigate
· http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/
· http://hrrc.tamu.edu/
· http://www.udel.edu/DRC/

g. Business Organizations

· http://www.ContingencyPlanning.com
· http://www.ContinuityPlanner.com
· http://www.ibhs.org/
· http://www.acp-international.com/
· http://www.sba.gov
· http://www.rmahq.org/
· http://www.asbdc-us.org/about.html
· http://www.riskinstitute.org/ptrdocs/AftertheDisaster.pdf

3. Planning Process Home

· http://www.fema.gov/mit/planning.htm

a. Scoping process:

· NEPA Scoping meeting http://www6.metrokc.gov/kcdot/transit/sepacomm.cfm
· Example of Scoping EIS process
· http://www.airportnetwork.com/u96/scoping_doc/
· Scoping as Stakeholder Participation- http://www.ut.blm.gov/wilderness/scop-overview.htm
- Actors involved in Mitigation, FEMA, Unit 2 Page 55, http://www.training.fema.gov/

4. Visioning/Scenario development Home

§ http://www.vcn.bc.ca/citizens-handbook/Welcome.html
§ http://www.sba.com/resources/visioning.cfm
§ http://cua6.csuohio.edu/~sanda/pres/acsp98/ppframe.htm
§ http://info.greenwood.com/books/0275955/0275955044.html
§ http://www.asu.edu/caed/proceedings97/ames.html

5. Risk Assessment Home

a. Hazard Inventory/Vulnerability Analysis

· http://www.esri.com/hazards/makemap.html
· All Hazards, http://library.thinkquest.org/C003603/english/about.shtml
· FEMA IS Page 19, http://www.training.fema.gov/emi/393comp.pdf
· http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/emergency_mgt/resources/hazardDocs.htm

· FEMA - IS, Step 4, Page 23, http://www.training.fema.gov/emi/393comp.pdf
· FEMA - IS, HIVA, Page 31, http://www.training.fema.gov/emi/393comp.pdf

b. Hazard Inventory

· All Hazards

- http://www.fema.gov
- http://agctr.Isu.edu/eden
- http://www.esri.com/hazards/makemap.html
- http://library.thinkquest.org/C003603/english/about.shtml
- http://www.fsa.usda.gov/pas/disaster/assistance1/hlm
- http://www.nationalatlas.gov ??? http://www.oas.org/en/cdmp
- http://www.ibhs.net/html/info_center/natural_hazards_information.htm
- http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/

· Earthquakes

-Cascadia Region Earthquake Workgroup, http://www.CREW.org

National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research
- http://geohazards.cr.usgs.gov/eq/index.html
- NCEER Information Service News
- Earthquake Information Network: http://www.eqnet.org/
- Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research: http://mceer.buffalo.edu/
- http://seismic.ca.gov
- Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
- WSSPC - Western States Seismic Policy Council Earthquake Program Information Center, http://www.wsspc.org
- FEMA Earthquake Safety Manual
- "Modified Mercalli Scale of Earthquake Intensity," http://www.eas.slu.edu/Earthquake_Center/mercalli.html

· Tsunamis

- http://www.csc.noaa.gov/products/tsunamis/

· Drought

- http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/drought/
- http://wwwdla.water.ca.gov/cd/energytips.html
- http://www.tnrcc.state.tx.us/permitting/waterperm/drought.html
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· Landslides:

- USGS: National Landslide Information Center
- The International Landslide Research Group
- USGS: El Nino and the National Landslide Hazard Outlook for 1997 - 1998
- http://landslides.usge.gov/html_files/landslides/nationalmap/national.html
- APA, http://www.planning.org/landslides/index.asp

· Meteorological Hazards

- http://www.panda.org/resources/publications/climate/xweather/download.html
- http://www.panda.org/resources/publications/climate/xweather/download.html
- http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full321/7262/650
- http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full321/7262/670
- NOAA: National Hydrologic Outlook (see especially "NDRI")
- NOAA: National Hurricane Center
- NOAA: National Climate Data Center
- Seattle: www.wrh.noaa.gov/seattle

· Floods (Including stream ecology and restoration)

-· ESA -- http://www.metrokc.gov/exec/esa/
· Washington Watershed Council - Health Streams http://www.wecprotects.org/Healthy_Streams.html
· Cedar River Program -- http://cityofseattle.net/util/CedarRiverHCP/
· White Paper on Riparian Zones and Floodplains. http://www.wa.gov/wdfw/hab/ahg/floodrip.htm
· Article on Watershed protection -- http://www.stormwatercenter.net/Library/Practice%5FArticles.htm
· Manual on Stream restoration -- http://www.usda.gov/stream_restoration/
· Hazard Maps -- http://www.esri.com/hazards/
· Clean Water Initiatives -- http://www.blm.gov/nhp/what/cwap/index.html
· OR Conservation and Fire Plan -- http://www.or.blm.gov/
· Definition of Riparian -- http://www-a.blm.gov/riparian/what.htm
· King Co. Environmental links -- http://www.metrokc.gov/environ.htm
· Snoqualmie Watershed News -- http://dnr.metrokc.gov/wlr/watersheds/sky-snoq.htm
· Snoqualmie Watershed Plan -- http://dnr.metrokc.gov/wlr/watersheds/sky-snoq/0106SalmonRest.htm
· Introduction to NFIP -- http://www.fema.gov/nfip/intnfip.htm
· NIFP publications for consumers -- http://www.fema.gov/nfip/c_facts.htm or http://www.fema.gov/nfip/libfacts.htm
· Flood Mitigation Check lists -- http://www.fema.gov/nfip/mitact.htm
· Risk Assessment on line -- http://www.fema.gov/mit/tsd/ft_mhira.htm
· Floodplain, basic H and H -- http://www.fema.gov/nfip/libfacts.htm
· E.O 11988 Eight Step Process --
· http://www.fema.gov/nfip/libfacts.htm
· FEMA Floodplain Management Homes Study Course -- http://www.fema.gov/nfip/nfipsg.htm

· Tornados

- Tornado Intensity on the Fujita Scale http://www.tornadoproject.com/fujitascale/fscale.htm
- "The Fujita-Pearson Tornado Scale" http://www.wxresearch.com/~wrc/fujita.htm

· Wildfires

- National Interagency Fire Center
- WILDFIRE Magazine
- http://www.firewise.org/

· Avalanches

- http://library.thinkquest.org/C003603/english/avalanches/index.shtml
- http://www.nwac.noaa.gov

· Volcanoes:

- Montserrat's Soufriere Hills Volcano: Government and Scientific Information
- USGS: Volcano Hazards Program
- http://www.geophys.washington.edu/SEIS/PNSN/INFO_GENERAL/volcanoes.html

· Asteroids

- http://www.nearearthobjects.co.uk

6. Visioning/Scenario Development Home

· http://www.fema.gov/nwz00/culabra.htm
· http://www.census.gov/
· http://www.census.gov/datamap/www/
· http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer
· Visioning -- FEMA - IS, Step 5, Page 29, http://www.training.fema.gov/emi/393comp.pdf

· FEMA -- IS, Step 3, Page 23, http://www.training.fema.gov/emi/393comp.pdf

7. Stakeholder Involvement Home

· Washington GMA "Bottom up Primer, http://www.ocd.wa.gov/info/lgd/growth/publications/index.html#Title3

8. Capability Assessment Home

· FEMA - IS, Case Studies, Page 55, http://www.training.fema.gov/emi/393comp.pdf

9. Issues, Goals and Objective Home

· http://www.planning.org/

10. Risk Reduction Measures Home

· National -- http://www.fema.gov/impact/
· Northwest -- http://www.fema.gov/impact/cities/map_r10.htm
· Seattle - http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/projectimpact/
· FEMA - IS, Unit 2, Page 36, http://www.training.fema.gov/emi/393comp.pdf

11. Phases in Emergency Management, Home

a. Mitigation

· Definition, FEMA, http://www.fema.gov/mit/whatmit.htm

b. Preparedness

· Preparedness, FEMA http://www.fema.gov/pte/prep.htm

c. Response

· Incident Command System, FEMA http://www.fema.gov/EMI/is195lst.htm
· FEMA Response Plan, http://www.fema.gov/r-n-r/frp/

d. Recovery

· Historic Preservation, FEMA http://www.fema.gov/r-n-r/hpindex.htm
· Response and Recovery, FEMA, http://www.fema.gov/r-n-r/
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12. Strategies, Programs and Funding Sources Home

· FEMA - IS, Page 62, http://www.training.fema.gov/emi/393comp.pdf

13. Mitigation Case Studies Home

· Snoqualmie, Washington, http://www.ci.snoqualmie.wa.us/
· Seattle Project Impact http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/projectimpact/
· Mitigation Success Stories, FEMA, http://www.fema.gov/mit/mitss.htm

14. Planning Templates Home

· Washington State EMD Planning Process: http://www.wa.gov/wsem/4-pr/recovery/recovery-publications/local-mitigation-wkbk-final.pdf
· FEMA Mitigation: http://www.fema.gov/fema/hazmit.htm
· OAS Planning Process: http://www.oas.org/usde/publications/Unit/oea66e/ch01.htm#2.
· FEMA - IS, Developing a Pre-disaster Mitigation Plan, Page 77, http://www.training.fema.gov/emi/393comp.pdf
· Washington Growth Management, Checklist, http://www.ocd.wa.gov/info/lgd/growth/publications/index.html#Title4
· Washington Growth Management, Plan Guidance, http://www.ocd.wa.gov/info/lgd/growth/publications/index.html#Title31
· NEPA Tools, http://tis-nt.eh.doe.gov/nepa/tools/tools.htm
· NEPA process http://hydra.gsa.gov/pbs/pt/call-in/factshet/0597/05_97_3.htm
· E.O. 11899, http://tis-nt.eh.doe.gov/nepa/tools/guidance/Guidance-PDFs/14632.pdf
· National Flood Insurance Program - Community Rating System planning process, http://www.fema.gov/nfip/cmt-510.PDF

15. Integration of other Plans and Objectives Home

· http://www.epa.gov/region03/greenkit/q5_disas.htm

16. Courses: Home

· http://www.fema.gov/emi/is393.htm
· http://www.fema.gov/emi/edu/aem_courses.htm
· http://www.app1.fema.gov/cgi-shl/cfml.exe?action=query&template=/college/user_view.cfm&college_id=266

17. Grants/Internships: Home

· http://www.sonoran.org/cat/default.asp
· http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/km/InternProgram.nsf/HomePage/1?OpenDocument

18. Evaluation: Home

· The Impact of Project Impact -- An evaluation of the Seattle Project Impact Initiative

Please email Bob Freitag with any questions or comments.