Faculty hazard planning videos available on Planetzien website

Planning professionals can learn the latest in hazard resilience measures from three videos featuring presentations by hazard reduction and recovery experts from Texas A&M University. The new online learning module is offered by [Planetizen] (http://www.planetizen.com/) , an information exchange website for the urban planning, design and development community.

In “ [Developing a Fact Basis for Hazard Planning] (http://courses.planetizen.com/course/fact-hazard-planning) ,” Shannon van Zandt, director of Texas A&M’s [Master of Urban Planning] (http://laup.arch.tamu.edu/academics/graduate/mup/) program, presents a step-by-step model for incorporating physical and social vulnerability assessments in hazard and disaster plans.

Walter Gillis Peacock, director of the [Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center] (http://hrrc.arch.tamu.edu) , focuses on common planning tools and policies for hazard recovery and mitigation in [Disaster Resilience and Recovery Through Land Use Planning] (http://courses.planetizen.com/course/disaster-planning-resilience) .

Both presentations provide “real-world” examples from Hurricane Ike, which struck Galveston, Texas in 2008.

Himanshu Grover, who earned a [Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Sciences] (http://laup.arch.tamu.edu/academics/graduate/ursc/) at Texas A&M in 2010 and is on the urban planning faculty at the University of Buffalo, is also preparing a video for the module, part of the site’s growing library of planning-related courses.