CSA Ocean Sciences Inc. (CSA) is proud to announce that a post-disaster redevelopment planning project conducted by its Planning division has been awarded an Award of Merit by the Florida Chapter of the American Planning Association (APA) during the recent APA Florida 2011 Conference held in Palm Beach, Florida on 8 September 2011.  “Post-Disaster Redevelopment Planning: A Guide for Florida Communities” is the latest guidebook in the Florida Department of Community Affairs (DCA) and Division of Emergency Management’s (DEM’s) Best Practice Series.  It is also the culmination of the Statewide Post-Disaster Redevelopment Planning Initiative.  This project, guided by a statewide group of experts on planning and long-term recovery and implemented by CSA staff, also included extensive research on disaster recovery to develop preliminary guidelines for local planning processes that were tested through a series of pilot projects.  The result is the first statewide effort of its kind to encourage pre-event planning for long-term post-disaster recovery in the nation.

For more information on the project, visit the project website at www.pdrp.org or the CSA Planning website at www.csaocean.com/permitting-and-planning.