The Nation's Responses To Flood Disasters: A Historical Account

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CONTENTS National Weather Service .................................................................................... 52 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ................................................................52 The Association Of State Floodplain Managers........................................................ 53 Floodplain Management 1980s: State And Local Programs......................................55 ASFPM’s 1985 state activity survey.....................................................................55 ASFPM’s 1989 state activity survey.....................................................................57 The Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center........................ 59 Operations and services ...................................................................................... 59 5 A Growing Interest in the Environment ............................................................61 The Conservation Movement and Its Programs ........................................................ 61 Other Legislative and Executive Actions .................................................................62 Increasing Awareness of Floodplain Natural Resources and Functions..................... 63 6 The 1990s: Disaster Assistance Prevails.............................................................67 A Growing Federal Role in Disaster Response and Recovery...................................67 The National Assessment......................................................................................... 70 The 1994 Unified National Program for Floodplain Management ............................ 73 The Great Flood of 1993.......................................................................................... 74 Issues Arising From the Great Flood of 1993........................................................... 75 Levees ................................................................................................................. 75 Substantially damaged buildings .........................................................................78 Alternative mitigation measures ..........................................................................78 Insurance as a mitigation tool ............................................................................. 79 Post-Flood Activities and Studies ............................................................................ 80 Report of the Administration’s Interagency Floodplain Management Review Committee ......................................................................................................80 Amendments to the NFIP ..................................................................................... 82 Amendments to the Federal Crop Insurance Program .........................................82 Congressional Directed Assessment of 1993 Flooded Areas ................................82 Congressional task forces.................................................................................... 83 Floodplain Management 1990s: State And Local Programs......................................83 ASFPM’s 1992 state activity survey.....................................................................84 ASFPM’s 1995 state activity survey.....................................................................85 The ASFPM: A National Voice ............................................................................... 87 The Private Sector and Academic Inquiry ................................................................89 Other Activities and Studies .................................................................................... 90 The demise of TVA’s floodplain management program ........................................90 Multi-hazards management ................................................................................. 90 A reassessment of natural hazards in the United States........................................91 The International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction ...................................92 Disaster Assistance in the 1990S.............................................................................. 92
CONTENTS 7 Postscript ...............................................................................................................95 Appendix A: About the Author ...............................................................................99 Appendix B: Select Publications, Federal Interagency Floodplain Management Task Force....................................................................................100 Glossary ...................................................................................................................102
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