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County planners’ perceptions of land-use planning tools for environmental hazard mitigation: A survey in the U.S. Pacific states

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  • Yue ‘Gurt’ Ge
  • Michael K Lindell

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Land-use planning tools have been extensively applied in the U.S. to achieve environmental sustainability and disaster resiliency for local communities. An important issue related to land-use planning tools is planners’ beliefs about the ways in which these tools differ from each other and, thus, how planners choose among these tools for environmental hazard mitigation. A web-based survey collected data from planners in counties (or boroughs) in the five U.S. Pacific states (where county land-use planning is limited to unincorporated areas). The results indicate that planners substantially, but not completely, agreed in their perceptions of planning tools, that planners’ perceptions of planning tools are minimally related to their personal characteristics and those of their jurisdictions, and that planners’ perceptions of planning tools are significantly correlated with the capacity of their planning agencies. Planners viewed effectiveness (a desirable attribute) as positively correlated with economic costs and other impediments (which are undesirable attributes) so they must make trade-offs among these attributes and choose the most appropriate tool when formulating a growth management strategy.

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  • Yue ‘Gurt’ Ge & Michael K Lindell, 2016. "County planners’ perceptions of land-use planning tools for environmental hazard mitigation: A survey in the U.S. Pacific states," Environment and Planning B, , vol. 43(4), pages 716-736, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envirb:v:43:y:2016:i:4:p:716-736
    DOI: 10.1177/0265813515594810
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