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7.5. Preparedness plan

The preparedness plan identifies actions that can be taken before a crises happen to improve the response. It is almost always beneficial to focus on preparedness actions (Koshy, 2019).

Preparedness is defined by DHS/FEMA as "a continuous cycle of planning, organizing, training, equipping, exercising, evaluating, and taking corrective action in an effort to ensure effective coordination during incident response” (FEMA, 2019, section 1). Bakklandet has a relatively strong community sense with already existing citizen communities. For flood preparedness in such a neighbourhood, it is essential for the communities to be independent and maintain a relation with the municipality. A communication network between the public and the government is highly essential to exercise the mitigation strategies. Regular dialogue, citizen representation and a communication network can prove beneficial for the same reason. The analysis of the stakeholders has pointed out the importance of the community of Bakklandet. That community has a history of working together, maintains a coworking relationship with each other and is seemingly invested in preserving its` surroundings` cultural values. Thus, as one of the goals of this exercise we set, is to try to use the existing strong community resource and explore the possibilities of the community participation and power in a given sea level rise scenario.

Due to the historically established and treasured character of Bakklandet, the possible implementations range is shortened. The most important aspect to avoid is visual changes as the area is already modernized “underneath”, meaning it is part of a modern Trondheim urban system. The other reason for such state is the cultural heritage and sort of a hallmark value of visible architecture of Bakklandet and the city of Trondheim, as the place is one of the most crowded with tourists in Trondheim. That is why the solutions presented in all phases of the contingency plan are carefully selected in accordance to that, as maintaining the visual appearance of Bakklandet and its` core elements was one of the design goals.

In our design, we assumed certain levels of sea level rise and expected flood predictions based on data from Trondheim municipality shown in figure 11 and 12 (Trondheim kommune,