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  title info:
    title: Examining local jurisdictions' capacity and commitment for hazard mitigation policies and strategies along the Texas coast
  name:
    name part: Husein, Rahmawati.
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Peacock, Walter Gillis
    role:
      role term: thesis advisor.
  name:
    name part: Lindell, Michael K.
    role:
      role term: thesis advisor.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: txu
    date issued: 2012
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource.
  abstract: There have been studies on the role of land use planning and development regulations on hazard mitigation and the importance of including these in effective mitigation planning initiatives. However, little empirical research has examined how the local capacity and commitment affect the adoption and implementation of land use and development regulations to mitigate any type of hazards in the coastal areas. This study investigates hazard mitigation policies and practices at municipal and county level in the Texas coastal area and examines the influence of capacity and commitment for the adoption and implementation of these hazard mitigation strategies and actions. The data utilized in this survey were collected as part of a web-based survey. Responses were solicited from 267 local jurisdictions that consist of 226 cities and 41 counties. The survey was targeted to leading planner, or mayor/city manager and county judges. In total 124 responses were obtained, yielding an overall response rate of 46%. Study results show that local jurisdictions are employing a very limited a set of land use and development regulations that the literature has identified as important for hazard mitigation. There are considerable differences between municipalities and counties in the implementation of those policies. Municipalities tend to put more effort in employing building standards and development regulations, whereas counties more extensively employ information dissemination and private-public sector initiatives. In addition, statistical models are developed to assess the influence of local capacity and commitment on the adoption and implementation of hazard mitigation policies and strategies. Other factors such as jurisdiction type and location, hazard experience and exposure as well as population characteristics, are also examined in multivariate models. Results suggest that capacity and commitment of local jurisdictions have significant effects on the adoption and implementation h…
  note: by Rahmawati Husein.
  note: "Major Subject: Urban and Regional Sciences"
  note: Electronic resource.
  note: Doctor of Philosophy Texas A&M University 2012 http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2012-05-10769
  note: Includes bibliographical references.
  note: Text (Dissertation)
  subject:
    topic: Major Urban and Regional Sciences
  subject:
    topic: coastal areas
  subject:
    topic: capacity
  subject:
    topic: hazard mitigation
  subject:
    topic: Local jurisdictions
  subject:
    topic: commitment
  identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2012-05-10769
  record info:
    record content source: TXA
    record creation date: 121024
    record change date: 20150922132453.0
    record identifier: in00002779234