Hazard mitigation in Iowa following the great Midwest floods of 1993.
Material type: TextSeries: Natural hazard working paper (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Center for Urban and Regional Studies) ; 10Publication details: Chapel Hill, N.C. : The Center, 1996Description: 31 p. : illSubject(s):Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Books | Australian Emergency Management Library | BOOK | 363.349309777 HAZ (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 010333623 |
"June 1996"
"This working paper is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grant no. CMS-9408322, "Assessing planning and implementation of hazard mitigation under the Stafford Act." Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this working paper are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the view of the National Science Foundation"
Includes bibliographical references
Introduction -- The disaster -- The 1994 Iowa 409 Hazard Mitigation Plan -- Iowa mitigation planning and implementation process -- Results -- Issues, conclusions, and recommendations
Documents a case study conducted during late June 1995, two years after the 1993 Midwestern floods. The researchers spent a week in the field talking with public officials involved in mitigation planning and decision-making during the recovery from the 1993 floods in Iowa
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