PIE to Hold
Webinar on Combining Climate Adaptation and Hazard Mitigation Plans
The Planning Information
Exchange (PIE) will present a free webinar on Thursday, July 7 2016,
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. CT, (Starting at 1pm ET, 11am MT, 10am PT)
entitled “Combining Climate Adaptation and Hazard Mitigation Plans.”
This seventh part in the
eight-part series involves discussions from Kristin Baja, a Climate and
Resilience Planner from the Baltimore City Office of Sustainability, and
Sherrie Collins, the Emergency Manager of Monterey County, California. James
Schwab, Manager of APA’s Hazards Planning Center, will moderate as they discuss:
- The
basic premise of Baltimore’s effort to merge its climate adaptation plan
with the update of its hazard mitigation plan
- Issues
Baltimore has experienced or will experience (e.g., increased nuisance
flooding)
- Nature
and scope of the Monterey County plan
- Challenges
in Monterey County’s multijurisdictional approach
- And
much more
The
PIE is a free eight-part quarterly webinar series presented by the
American Planning Association (APA) and the Association of State Floodplain
Managers (ASFPM). The series is funded through a cooperative agreement
with FEMA through the RiskMAP Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP)
program. The PIE focuses on tools, best practices, and strategies on
the role of hazard mitigation planning and its connections with recovery
planning and preparedness. The PIE webinars provide one continuing maintenance
(CM) credit for the American Institute of Certified Planners and one continuing
education credit (CEC) for Certified Floodplain Managers.
To
register and for additional information visit: https://www.planning.org/nationalcenters/hazards/planninginformationexchange/
