Between plan updates, populations and community assets, including infrastructure, can change. If those changes include mitigation techniques, like if a school has built a storm shelter on school grounds, they can reduce vulnerability. But new development or redevelopment in high-risk areas may put more people in harm’s way. For example, if homes were recently constructed in the Wildland Urban Interface, they may be more prone to wildfire.

Here are some relevant questions to ask:

• What has changed?
• Has there been any development or redevelopment?
• How has vulnerability changed?
• How is population shifting?
• What new community assets exist?
• What has stayed the same?