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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"National Flood Insurance"”.
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Intergovernmental Collaboration in Emergency Management: The Case of the September 2009 Georgia Flood
… to, and recovered from the September 2009 flood. There are several important mechanisms for intergovernmental collaboration; among them are the national incident management system, the incident command system, and the emergency management assistance compact. During disasters these …
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Mapping and Qualitative Data Collection for People-First Floodplain Buyout Processes Harris County, TX 2000-2021
Federally funded floodplain buyouts are a nonstructural flood mitigation practice that uses federal grants to remove people and businesses from flood-prone areas to end financial strain on the National Flood Insurance Program. Past research indicates that the selection processes of buyouts made by …
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Essays on the Economics of Environmental and Health Risk
… physical destruction is mitigated with property insurance, which can be purchased from the federal government (for floods) or private insurers (for wildfires). In the first two essays, I study the effectiveness of government policies recommending screening ages and regulating floodplain …
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MODELLING, ASSESSMENT, AND REDUCTION OF FLOOD RISK IN NEPAL
There is a lack of modelling methods for flood risk assessment models that are applied for data-scarce flood-prone areas and where flood risk is quantified as economic damage. In addition, there is a lack of flood risk assessment models towards flood risk reduction in data-scarce flood-prone areas …
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Enhancing Community Risk Preparedness for Flooding Emergencies: A System Dynamics Approach for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Flooding events pose a significant and growing threat to communities in the United States, particularly as climate change alters weather patterns and sea levels continue to rise. This thesis examines how the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) can enhance community preparedness for flood …
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Development and Evaluation of the Profile Synthesis Method for Approximate Floodplain Redelineation
In the United States, the floodplain maps used in the administration of the National Flood Insurance Program are created and maintained by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Currently, a nationwide map modernization program is underway to convert the existing paper floodplain maps into a …
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A Data Fusion Framework for Floodplain Analysis using GIS and Remotely Sensed Data
Throughout history floods have been part of the human experience. They are recurring phenomena that form a necessary and enduring feature of all river basin and lowland coastal systems. In an average year, they benefit millions of people who depend on them. In the more developed countries, major …
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Mapping under uncertainity : spatial politics, urban development, and the future of coastal flood risk
Flooding is the most common and single largest source of disaster-caused property damage in the United States. The past year, 2017, was the costliest for weather and climate disasters in US history. To mitigate these losses, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and National Flood Insurance …
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Flooded with Possibilities: Analyzing Flood Insurance as a Catalyst for Development in Southeast Florida
… perpetual growth can withstand the tightening flooding policies. Is the residential market immune to the decisions made by insurance companies and the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)? These uncertainties form the basis of this thesis, which delves into the factors influencing insurance …
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Three essays on environmental valuation: the social value of carbon storage in wetlands, the impact of wind turbines on home prices, and the effect of flood risk on home prices
… on property prices, and the effect of changing flood risk and coastal amenities on property prices. ☐ The first essay in this work looks at valuing changes in the economic value of carbon stored in tidal wetlands undergoing land cover change. Coastal wetland systems are highly effective at …
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Understanding Climate Change Adaptation and Gentrification through the Framework of Uneven Coastal Development in Keansburg, New Jersey
… to rising disaster costs in the form of the National Flood Insurance Program, which uses public funds to underwrite coastal property values.</p> <p>Yet not all U.S. coasts become beaches. Just as the waterfront has frequently been targeted for resort and leisure development, it has also …