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step 5 economic analysis
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Process

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Step 5a: Identify primary economic sectors and locate economic centers.

The purpose of this analysis is to identify your economic vulnerability to hazard impacts. This first step focuses on identifying the major sectors of your economy and mapping primary centers of activity in those sectors. These economic centers are areas where hazard risks could have major impacts on your local economy and therefore would be ideal locations for targeting certain hazard mitigation strategies. 

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Step 5b: Identify intersections of economic centers and high-risk areas.

To further target areas for potential hazard mitigation activities, you should identify economic centers that are located in high-risk areas. Overlay the economic center maps with the hazard risk consideration areas. 

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Step 5c: Conduct general inventory of high-risk economic centers.

To help prioritize potential mitigation options, conduct a general inventory of structures in the economic center/high-risk intersections. By providing a count of business units within these areas, you can summarize the commercial units to be targeted and indicate your level of economic vulnerability to each hazard. You may also wish to identify and target these businesses for structural analysis in the future. 

Step 5d: Identify large employers and their intersection with hazard risk areas.

By identifying your community's largest employers, you can target a few key business and industry partners for your hazard mitigation efforts. Economic census data can help you identify employment numbers by economic sector and determine your size threshold. Local experts can identify the employers and their locations. Overlay large employer locations with hazard risk consideration areas. 

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Step 5e: Conduct vulnerability analysis on structures of large employers as critical facilities.

Consider enlisting all large employers as partners in your vulnerability assessment hazard mitigation activities. If possible, add these businesses to your critical facilities list and conduct detailed assessments of vulnerability on these structures.

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