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Communicating

Levee-Related

Flood Risk with the

Risk MAP Playbook

Alex Wendel & Starr Terrell

Resilience Action Partners

ASFPM 2017

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Anatomy of a Levee

Outreach Goals:- Local insight into how a levee functions

- Shared understanding of the mapping approach

- Communities have the information they need to

make the right decision for them

- Support in identifying how to reduce flood risk

related to the levee

Levee Systems…

Who Does What?

Risk Communication in Relation to Levees

Why and How Does FEMA Map Flood Hazards for Levee-

Affected Areas*

• A high-level overview

• Analysis and mapping procedures for non-accredited levee

systems

• Additional mapping considerations

• Flood hazards in levee-affected areas

• The scalability of flood hazard mapping projects involving

levees

* LOTS OF GOOD INFORMATION HERE: NONE OF WHICH WE HAVE TIME

TO REVIEW TODAY!

Developing Your Community Engagement Plan

• Build your internal project team

• Identify the environment/background for the flood hazard

mapping project

• Set your project goals

• Identify your stakeholder audience

• Outreach and engagement best practices

Priority Stakeholders

for Levee Engagements

Building Resiliency…

QUESTIONS?

Alex Wendel

alex.wendel@global-prairie.com

Starr Terrell

starr.terrell@global-prairie.com