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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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A Paperback / softback by David Godschalk, Timothy Beatley, Philip Berke

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    Publisher: Island Press
    Publication Date: 01/12/1998
    ISBN13: 9781559636025, 978-1559636025
    ISBN10: 1559636025
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    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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