A Parcel-Based GIS Method for Evaluating Conformance of Local Land-Use Planning with a State Mandate to Reduce Exposure to Hurricane Flooding

Timothy S Chapin, Robert E Deyle and Earl J Baker
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Earl J Baker: Department of Geography, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-2280, USA

Environment and Planning B, 2008, vol. 35, issue 2, 261-279

Abstract: This article illustrates how a parcel-based geographic information system can be used to identify and quantify land-use changes within subareas of individual planning jurisdictions as the basis for evaluating the implementation of local land-use policies. We describe a method for using property-parcel polygons and property-appraiser tax-roll data to analyze the effects of changes in land use on the exposure of people and property to hurricane flooding in coastal communities in Florida. This method allows us to test the conformity of local government growth-management practices to a state mandate which calls for the limiting of development in hurricane hazard zones. We apply this method to analyze hurricane hazard exposure in Okaloosa County, which is a coastal county located in the Panhandle of Florida.

Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1068/b32114

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