Are We Protecting Our History? A Municipal-Scale Analysis of Historic Preservation, Flood Hazards, and Planning

Historic resources are important community assets that may be at risk from natural hazards, but few studies examine their risk or protection. We map the location of historic resources in municipal areas in Colorado (n = 863) and find that 16.8 percent of National Register and State Register properti...

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Published in:Journal of planning education and research Vol. 44; no. 1; pp. 88 - 101
Main Authors: Rumbach, Andrew, Bierbrauer, Anna, Follingstad, Gretel
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.03.2024
Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects:
Case studies
Cities
Flood hazards
Flood management
Floodplains
Floods
Hazards
Historic preservation
Municipalities
Natural disasters
Preservation
Property
Protection
Resources
Adaptación
自然灾害
减灾
Inundación
洪水
adaptation
historic preservation
风险分析
Desastres
GIS应用
Colorado
科罗拉多
Manejo de llanuras de inundación
applied GIS
遗产
mitigation
disasters
floodplain management
natural hazards
Patrimonio
flooding
heritage
Mitigación
SIG aplicado
risk analysis
历史保护
Análisis de riesgo
灾害
Peligros Naturales
洪泛区管理
适应性
Preservación histórica
ISSN:0739-456X, 1552-6577
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Summary:Historic resources are important community assets that may be at risk from natural hazards, but few studies examine their risk or protection. We map the location of historic resources in municipal areas in Colorado (n = 863) and find that 16.8 percent of National Register and State Register properties (n = 145) intersect with a mapped floodplain, as well as 74.0 percent of National Register districts. We then study fourteen case study municipalities that are representative of those with substantial shares of their historic resources in floodplains. We find that most municipalities value their historic resources but very few proactively plan for their protection from hazards.
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ISSN:0739-456X
1552-6577
DOI:10.1177/0739456X20948592