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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. '

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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.

Natural Hazard Mitigation: Recasting Disaster

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      Publisher Island Press
      Published 1 December 1998
      ISBN-13 9781559636025
      978-1559636025
      ISBN-10 1559636025
      Also in:
      Aid and relief programmes Emergency services Social impact of disasters

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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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