Learn more about the Texas Citizen Planner curriculum and instructors.
Community Planning for Flood Mitigation Online Course
While floods may seem to be a hazard outside of a community’s control, local planning is one of the most effective tools in reducing current and future flood losses. Attendees will learn from practitioners and experts about local trends in flood management and how to plan, fund, and implement activities including open space preservation, buyouts, building retrofits and elevations, and the Community Rating System.
No Adverse Impact (NAI) Online Course
In partnership with ASFPM, this Texas Citizen Planner webinar covered ASFPM’s No Adverse Impact (NAI) Floodplain Management. The NAI Floodplain Management approach ensures the action of any community or property owner, public or private, does not adversely impact the property and rights of others, and will lead to reduced flood losses while promoting and rewarding strong water stewardship and mitigation at the local level.
Planning Foundations Online Course
This 4-unit “Planning Foundations” course includes 6 hours of video and will take approximately 8 hours to complete. Each unit includes reading materials, case studies, and engaging instruction from planning leaders, practitioners, and researchers. You will learn about planning topics and trends for a positive community vision and quality of life, how to use planning tools to improve development, and legal and technical aspects of planning tools.
Community Planning for Hazards Online Course
The Community Planning for Hazards online course includes 3 units with 3.5 hours of video. Each unit includes reading materials, case studies, and engaging instruction from planning leaders, practitioners, and researchers. In this online course, you will hear first-person perspectives about strategic approaches other Texas communities have used to link risk management with their ongoing community planning and vision. The art of good planning is about injecting long-term considerations into near-term actions. Communities that integrate hazard mitigation principles and factor in long-term risks into their existing plans stand to make their communities more resilient and less prone to disasters.
This course has been approved for 4 Continuing Education Credits (CECs) for Certified Floodplain Managers (CFMs).
Texas Citizen Planner Program Bundle
In this online course, you will hear first-person perspectives about strategic approaches other Texas communities have used to link risk management with their ongoing community planning and vision. The art of good planning is about injecting long-term considerations into near-term actions. Communities that integrate hazard mitigation principles and factor in long-term risks into their existing plans stand to make their communities more resilient and less prone to disasters.
| These are non-credit courses leading to a “Citizen Planner” certificate of completion awarded by the Texas Community Watershed Partners, a program of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. Course materials and online resources will be made available through this site. Upon program completion, students join a network of local officials who are committed to making Texas communities better, safer, more vibrant places to live and work through sound planning practices. |
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For more information, please contact:
Amanda Ashcroft, amanda.ashcroft@tamu.edu or Andrew Knuppel, aknuppel@tamu.edu
