Natural hazard mitigation in Southern California



Earthquake

Landslides

Flood

Wildfire

Los Angeles County

J

J

J

J

Carson_____________

J

J

J

×

El Segundo________

J

J

J

J

Glendale____________

J

J

J

J

Long Beach________

J

J

J

J

Los Angeles________

J

J

J

J

Malibu____________

J

J

J

J

Pasadena___________

J

×

×

×

Sierra Madre________

J

J

J

J

Table 4.9 Natural hazard mitigation elements in General Plans in Orange County

Factual basis

Goal definition

Balancing
interests

Mitigation
policies

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Hazard maps

Evacuation
routes

Clearances

Peak load water
requirements

Los Angeles County

+

0

+

+

0

0

0

0

0

Carson_____________

+

+

0

+

+ +

+

+ +

0

0

El Segundo________

+

+

0

+ +

+

+

0

0

+

Glendale____________

+

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+

+ +

+

+ +

0

0

0

Long Beach________

+ +

+ +

+ +

+ +

0

+ +

0

0

0

Los Angeles________

+ +

+

0

+

0

+ +

0

0

0

Malibu____________

++

0

+

+

0

+

0

0

0

Pasadena___________

0

+

0

+

0

0

0

0

0

Sierra Madre________

+

01)

0

+

0

0

0

0

0

Table 4.10 Natural hazard mitigation elements in General Plans in Orange County

1) The goal definition was not completely absent, but merely stated something like ‘reduce the risks to the
community’ without any further specifications.

4.3.4 Evaluation

The goal of this evaluation is not a ranking of the plans, but to obtain an overview of the
quality of local natural hazard mitigation plans. Therefore, no total scores per plan are
calculated for it is not the score of a single plan that counts, it is the mitigation planning
situation in Southern California as a whole. Tables 4.6 and 4.9 show that not all plans cover all
categories of natural hazards. San Clemente and Carson claim not to be at risk from wildfires
and therefore did not include fire risk in their natural hazard mitigation plan. Pasadena only
included seismic hazard mitigation in its plan. Maybe that is the only risk the city is exposed

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