Policy & Regulation
A number of changes to policy and regulations have occurred at local, regional, state, and federal levels. Development of planning and policy in the earthquake field are vital fields to ensure engineering and technological advances find the funding and support they need.
- Mitigation Works: Earthquake Quotes
- Mitigation Works: Building Codes Quotes
- Seattle, WA Case Study
- Federal Agency Points of Contact
- Non-Federal Governmental Groups
- FEMA Videos
- Federal Mitigation Programs, Activities and Initiatives
- Clinton County, New York Case Study
- Coordinating NEHRP Post-Earthquake Investigations—Exercising the Plan
- ShakeOut and Emergency Response
- Oregon Partnership for Disaster Resilience
- Creating Resilient Communities
- Building a Resilient City
- PlaceMatters Tools
- New Tools for Community Design and Decision-Making
- Expand Your View
- Hold that Thought!
- Public Outreach and Behavior Change
- Great California ShakeOut
- Integrating Historic Property and Cultural Resource Considerations into Hazard Mitigation Planning (FEMA 386-6)
- Bringing the Plan to Life: Implementing the Hazard Mitigation Plan (FEMA 386-4)
- Developing The Mitigation Plan: Identifying Mitigation Actions and Implementing Strategies (FEMA 386-3)
- Understanding Your Risks: Identifying Hazards and Esitmating Losses (FEMA 386-2)
- Getting Started: Building Support for Mitigation Planning (FEMA 386-1)
- Natural Hazard Mitigation Saves
- Megacities Disaster Risk Management Communication Tool
- Early California legislative politics and seismic safety
- Community Disaster Resilience: A Summary of the March 20 2006 Workshop of the NAS Disasters Roundtable
- Designing for Tsunamis
- Local Planning Guidance on Tsunami Response
- A Policy Guide to Steel Moment Frame Construction (FEMA 354)
- Incentives to Improve California’s Earthquake Safety
- Improving Natural Gas Safety in Earthquakes
- Seismic Considerations for Communities at Risk (FEMA 83)
- Promoting the Adoption and Enforcement of Seismic Building Codes: A Guidebook for State Earthquake and Mitigation Managers (FEMA 313)
- Societal Implications: Selected Readings (FEMA 84)
- Using HAZUS-MH for Risk Assessment (FEMA 433)
- Planning for Seismic Rehabilitation: Societal Issues (FEMA 275)
- City of Berkeley Transfer Tax Incentive
- TsunamiReady
- Creating a Seismic Safety Advisory Board (FEMA 266)
- Get Ready Berkeley
- Communicating Science News
- Pacific County, WA Mitigation
- Seattle Project Impact
- ABAG Earthquake Maps and Information (San Francisco Bay Area)
- Central United States Earthquake Consortium
- Community Disaster Resilience
- Characteristics of a Disaster Resilient Community
- Talking About Disasters: Guide for Standard Messages