Plan Integration for Resilience Scorecard

Developer/Partners: DHS S&T, Texas A&M, Phil Berke POC (2015)

Relevant Hazard/Threat(s): All hazards

Intent: Help communities (and ports) integrate all of the plans that they have (e.g. transportation, environmental, economic development , hazard mitigation, emergency management, comprehensive use, etc.) [in to a single hazard mitigation plan) so that they work together to reduce vulnerabilities to hazards.

Researchers and planning practitioners converted this method into a guidebook and scorecards that walks users through 1) evaluating community plans with respect to hazards risk and how well they target areas of the community that are most vulnerable. 2) Identifying when and where those plans conflict, and 3) resolving those conflicts across plans to reduce hazards and vulnerabilities. Four key steps are involved: 1) gather community plans and extract applicable policies, 2) use the scorecard to score the policies based on whether they increase or decrease exposure in hazard zones, then map the results. 3) Assess physical and social vulnerability, map the results. 4) Compare the maps to reveal vulnerability spots.

Inputs: Key community plans and applicable policies, physical and social vulnerability analysis
Outputs: A georeferenced composite score for its policies impacts on vulnerability - the composite can combine policy scores for relevant plans including land use, hazard mitigation, comprehensive land use, parks and rec plans. The score can identify where vulnerability will be increased or decreased by these plans.

will only be applicable with a port has multiple geospatial disaster plans