Creating effective flood mitigation policies

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Volumn 87, Issue 27, 2006, Pages 265-270

  Fraser, James C ^a   Doyle, Martin W ^a   Young, Hannah ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODING; MITIGATION; NATURAL HAZARD; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847387867     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006eo270002     Document Type: Article

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4. Federal Emergency Management Agency (2006), Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) Grant Program, Washington, D.C. (Available at http://www.fema.gov/ fima/pdm.shtm#fy2006)
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9. U.S. Congress (2000), Hearings before the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Emergency Management on the cost effectiveness of hazard mitigation spending, 106th Congress, 2nd Session, 20 July. (Available at http://www.house.gov/transportation/pbed/hearing/07-20-00/ 07-20-00memo.html#EXHIBITS)
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