Building Resilience in Fort Lauderdale: An Analysis of City Plans

This report highlights findings from a joint research project between Arizona State University and Texas A&M University funded by the National Science Foundation. The central goal of the Resilience Planning Networks project is to assess the degree of coordination of government agencies and stakeholders engaged in resilience planning and to examine the influence of coordination on the integration of flood mitigation across multiple plans. By combining surveys, social network analysis, and the latest techniques in plan evaluation, this study provides critical and timely information about the government structures and planning processes to address long-term risk of coastal flooding. The study focuses on four different coastal U.S. cities: Boston, Massachusetts; Baltimore, Maryland; Fort Lauderdale, Florida; and Seattle, Washington. This report presents key findings from the plan analysis component of the research project for Fort Lauderdale. This includes a plan quality evaluation for Baltimore's network of plans, a scorecard of policies listed in the plans that would impact physical vulnerability to flooding, and an analysis of how the city’s network of plans is connected. The results reflect the content of existing city plans, and do not capture all ongoing resilience planning efforts in the cities.

本报告呈现了亚利桑那州立大学（Arizona State University）与德克萨斯农工大学（Texas A&M University）合作开展的联合研究项目成果，该项目由美国国家科学基金会（National Science Foundation）资助。韧性规划网络（Resilience Planning Networks）项目的核心目标，是评估参与韧性规划的政府机构与利益相关方的协作程度，并考察协作对多规划框架下洪水减灾措施整合的影响。本研究结合问卷调查、社交网络分析以及当前最新的规划评估技术，针对美国沿海地区长期海岸洪水风险的治理架构与规划流程，提供了兼具时效性与关键性的参考信息。研究覆盖美国四座不同的沿海城市：马萨诸塞州波士顿市、马里兰州巴尔的摩市、佛罗里达州劳德代尔堡市以及华盛顿州西雅图市。本报告聚焦劳德代尔堡市相关研究中规划分析模块的核心发现，具体包括：对巴尔的摩市规划体系的规划质量评估、规划中所列影响洪水物理脆弱性的政策清单评分卡，以及对该市规划网络连通性的分析。本研究结果仅反映现有城市规划的内容，并未涵盖各城市所有正在推进的韧性规划工作。