Introduced by the DCPA circa 1973 in consonance with its movement away from "hardware oriented" civil defense programs of the 1950's and 1960's, toward a dual-use (peacetime and wartime) "civil preparedness" program for the 1970's which was to be more "people-oriented". Crisis relocation planning is noted in the FY 1973 DCPA Annual Report under the "major task" of "development of guidance for local governments based on risk analysis, to include crisis relocation planning guidance for areas at high-risk to the direct effects of nuclear weapons and low-risk reception areas". (DCPA, Foresight, 1974, pp. 2 & 6) "Crisis Relocation Planning: During fiscal year 1973 worked on the development of handbooks for use in guiding State and local governments in preparing contingency plans for population relocation, should a period of international crisis make this advisable. Such contingency plans may also be needed when certain types of natural disasters threaten, such as hurricanes or floods, which might require people to evacuate low-lying areas".DCPA expects to make use of the guide during fiscal year 1974". (DCPA, Foresight, 1974, p. 10). "During fiscal year 1973, an in-house task force developed procedures for conducting contingency planning for population relocation during periods of increased threat for communities considered at high-risk to direct weapons effects if the event of a nuclear attack. Results of this work and DCPA research efforts are expected to be applied by DCPA and the CSPOS [Community Shelter Planning Officers] on a pilot-project basis during fiscal year 1974". (DCPA, Foresight, 1974, p. 18)