Planning for Hazards: Land Use Solutions
Planning for Hazards: Land Use Solutions for Colorado enables counties and municipalities to prepare for and mitigate multiple hazards by integrating resilience and hazard mitigation principles into plans, codes, and standards related to land use and the built environment. This website provides detailed, Colorado-specific information about how to assess a community’s risk level to hazards and how to implement numerous land use planning tools and strategies for reducing a community’s risk.
How Planning for Hazards Can Help Your Community
Planning Framework
Get general approaches for mitigating hazards through land use planning and the general legal and regulatory framework for planning for hazards in Colorado.
Identification and Assessment
Developing strategies and implementation tools for mitigating hazards first requires an evaluation of a community’s risk and vulnerability to particular hazards.
Planning Tools
There are numerous opportunities to effectively integrate and address the mitigation of identified and potential hazards within local plans, policies, and initiatives.
Model Codes
Learning from communities that have tested specific tools is key to success, with model policies and regulations provided for various planning tools.
Moving Forward
Find guidance to help communities assess risks, choose effective tools and strategies, and advocate for adoption, along with a summary of technical and financial resources to support these efforts.
Types of Tools
Explore planning tools that help reduce risk
Take Action
Use newly developed workbooks and supporting materials to carry out a planning process to reduce hazard risks in your community.