Sustainable disaster resilience : incorporating hazard mitigation methodologies into LEED for neighborhood development

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Title:	Sustainable disaster resilience : incorporating hazard mitigation methodologies into LEED for neighborhood development
Author:	Gordon, Phillip Michael
Abstract:	In this professional report LEED for neighborhood development (LEED-ND) is analyzed through the lens of disaster resilience and mitigation. The new LEED-ND certification system recently created by the U.S. Green Building Council looks to be a popular method to create sustainable developments. LEED-ND as a system does not take hazards into account when certifying projects. Using HAZUS and hazard assessment methodologies LEED-ND is shown to do almost nothing to mitigate hazard losses. This is seen using the example of two hazard types (fire and earthquake). Since LEED-ND does not address hazards within the context of its system it is shown that LEED-ND is neither truly sustainable nor disaster resilient. Given the current trend of increasing hazard losses initiatives such as LEED-ND will have to address the issue of hazards moving forward.
Department:	Community and Regional Planning
Subject:	Mitigation LEED-ND Resilience Sustainability
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2010-05-1108
Date:	2010-05