Natural hazard mitigation : recasting disaster policy and planning
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Natural hazard mitigation : recasting disaster policy and planning
Island Press, c1999
- pbk
Available at 14 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This text offers an informative examination of natural hazard mitigation for planners, policymakers, stu dents, and professionals that work in this field. The topics include guidelines for hurricanes, floods and earthquakes. '
Table of Contents
- Mitigating natural hazards - a national challenge
- evolving mitigation policy directions
- Florida after Hurricane Andrew
- Missouri after the mid-West floods of 1993
- California after the Loma Prieta and Northridge earthquakes
- Massachusetts after Hurricane Bob and other storms
- Tennessee after a series of floods and storms
- state hazard mitigation plans - falling short of their potential
- the hazard mitigation grant programme - scattered spending
- state implementation of natural disaster mitigation policy
- ethical guidelines for hazard mitigation
- natural hazard mitigation - planning for sustainable communities.
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