The Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) surveyed certified planners in communities across the country and found most communities fail to recognize the potential impact of natural disasters in their local land use planning and development practices, making them more vulnerable to damages when natural disasters occur. 

In this study, you'll also see that a typical community plan has fewer than 40 percent of the features that are important for safe growth. Nearly a quarter of community plans assessed did not include hazards at all.

To review this report, the survey methodology and questionnaire, click the download option to the right.