What kinds of natural hazards can affect the people, buildings and communities of the jurisdictions of the Thomas Jefferson Planning District?

 

Following each of the links to the left will lead to a brief discussion of each of the potential natural hazards as they affect the District. Maps and further links to detailed information are provided on each page. Clicking on the Hazards Heading wil return you to this page.

 

The information in this site documents the answers to this question as gathered from various national, state and some local sources.

 

This information was assembled as part of the Hazard Identification Phase of the Hazard Mitigation Planning process being undertaken by TJPDC during 2004-2005 .

 

Graduate students in the Urban and Environmental Planning Program at the University of Virginia performed much of this research and local map generation. Nichole Gilkeson, Lory Pendergraph and Leigh Rosen, students in PLAC 513 Applied Geographic Information Systems for Planning under the direction of Prof. David L. Phillips, gathered this information and created this site.

 

Department of Urban and Environmental Planning

School of Architecture

University of Virginia

 

Last updated April 4, 2004