Natural hazard mitigation
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boca Raton, Florida :
CRC Press ,
c2013
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Table of Contents:
- 1. A history of hazard mitigation in the United States
- 2. Mitigation and emergency management
- 3. Intergovernmental relations and hazard mitigation
- 4. Public-private partnerships in mitigation initiatives
- 5. The growing role of the private sector in mitigation
- 6. The national flood insurance program and the community rating system
- 7. Risk communications
- 8. Natural hazards and the law
- 9. Involving the community in mitigation and outreach
- 10. Persuasion and policy
- 11. Non-FEMA mitigation: Local Government actions
- 12. State initiatives
- 13. Leveraging nonprofit organizations and volunteers in hazard mitigation
- 14. Area analyses
- 15. Tools for hazard mitigation