Title | A Canadian risk-based land-use guide: decision simulations |
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Author | Struik, L C; Grieve, B; Jones, D J |
Source | HazNet vol. 4, no. 2, 2013 p. 10-16 |
Links | Online - En ligne (4.1 MB)
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Year | 2013 |
Alt Series | Earth Sciences Sector, Contribution Series 20120449 |
Publisher | Canadian Risk & Hazards Network |
Document | serial |
Lang. | English |
Media | on-line; digital |
File format | pdf |
Subjects | engineering geology; Health and Safety; land use; health hazards; floods; flood plains |
Program | Public Safety Geoscience Quantitative risk assessment |
Released | 2013 01 01 |
Abstract | Simulation exercises on decision making for development proposals in areas subject to natural hazard threats are being used to develop a risk-based land use guide. A simulation exercise at the Dr.
Donald J. Rix Simulation Laboratory of the Justice Institute of BC led staff and interested parties from the City of New Westminster through a decision scenario for a development proposal in a flood plain. The scenario examined municipal needs in
ensuring that a development be safe for the use intended. These needs were guided by a draft abridged risk-based land use guide that is under development by a consortium of experts in natural hazard resilience. The scenarios are being used to further
develop the guide by determining the real-life needs of municipal staff. |
Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published) A team of partners used an emergency simulation laboratory to help municipal staff understand how they evaluate a land-use proposal for its hazard risk,
and how they could do it better. The simulation used one of the real land-use proposals those staff had previously evaluated. |
GEOSCAN ID | 292374 |
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