Natural Hazaed Mitigation Planning for Karst Terrains in Virginia

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dc.contributor.authorBelo, Bradley Paulen
dc.contributor.committeechairRichardson, Jesse J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberZahm, Diane L.en
dc.contributor.committeememberRandolph, Johnen
dc.contributor.departmentUrban Affairs and Planningen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:57:41Zen
dc.date.adate2003-06-25en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:57:41Zen
dc.date.issued2003-04-25en
dc.date.rdate2003-06-25en
dc.date.sdate2003-05-22en
dc.description.abstractAmendments to the Robert T. Stafford Act require state and local governments to adopt natural hazard mitigation plans to qualify for pre- and post-disaster federal hazard mitigation funding. State and local governments must consider all potential hazards within their jurisdictions including flooding, hurricanes, blizzards, and earthquakes. In western Virginia, local governments should plan for karst terrain natural hazards. Karst terrain hazards include sinkhole subsidence, sinkhole flooding, and groundwater contamination. Despite an extensive amount of karst terrain in many communities in western Virginia, few communities use comprehensive land use planning and management approaches for development on karst terrain. A survey of local governments in the karst belt of Virginia illustrates that few communities have gone farther than a brief reference to karst terrain in their comprehensive plans. The majority of local governments in the karst belt of Virginia have not developed comprehensive land use planning approaches for karst terrain despite the availability of a large number of potential planning options pioneered by other karst communities. This paper proposes a process for karst terrain natural hazard mitigation planning in Virginia. The process begins with community education and partnership building to build community understanding and support for the various mitigation strategies applicable to local karst terrain hazard areas. Effective natural hazard assessment allows for the relatively precise targeting of regulatory and non-regulatory mitigation strategies to minimize the impact of land use restrictions on the general community, while maximizing the hazard mitigation efficacy of the chosen strategies.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Urban and Regional Planningen
dc.identifier.otheretd-05222003-230312en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05222003-230312/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/37115en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartetd.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectnatural hazard mitigation planningen
dc.subjectnatural hazardsen
dc.subjectland use planningen
dc.subjectkarsten
dc.titleNatural Hazaed Mitigation Planning for Karst Terrains in Virginiaen
dc.typeMajor paperen
thesis.degree.disciplineUrban Affairs and Planningen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Urban and Regional Planningen

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