Best management practices for local mitigation of natural hazards / product of the Hazard Mitigation Planning Clinic at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

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Introduction -- Section 1: Reducing local vulnerability to natural hazards -- Section 2: What is a best mitigation practice? -- Section 3: Why are these practices fiscally prudent? -- Section 4: How can these practices be integrated within a local budget -- Section 5: Which practices are most important for your community? -- Section 6: A note on structural vs. non-structural mitigation methods -- The practices -- Section 7: Infrastructure repair, upgrade and extension -- Section 8: Maintenance of natural lands and "green infrastucture" -- Section 9: Site acquisition and facility retrofit/relocation -- Section 10: Land use, design, and other local codes -- Section 11: Inspections and enforcement -- Section 12: Incentives for voluntary activities by citizens and developers.