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Displaying 15 of about 115 resultsThis research focuses on using flood damage reports in conjunction with contour maps, geographical information systems, Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data, photographs, and spatial averaging to develop total (high) flood elevation data sets. It is important that a sustainable community better prepare for and design mitigation processes for major f…
To help federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) emergency managers and public health officials respond to incidents during the 2020 hurricane season amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is releasing the COVID-19 Pandemic Operational Guidance for the 2020 Hurricane Season. This document will:
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This report addresses how the United States should pursue legislation and policies to ensure that the country revitalizes its critical infrastructure and manufacturing base, reduce serious offshore dependencies and attendant vulnerabilities, and build the domestic capacity to help bolster national catastrophic disaster preparedness, response, and recove…
Hawaii’s communities are highly vulnerable to extreme natural disaster events. Disaster recovery preparedness activities set the stage for recovery from a disaster event informed by and contributing to a county’s planning and implementation framework. In preparing for disaster recovery, county policies, plans, and ordinances will inform the process. Ho…
When the Camp Fire burned through Paradise, California, in November 2018, 85 people lost their lives and more than 18,000 structures were destroyed. Stories from Paradise make clear that the impacts of the fire were not equally borne across the community. Newer homes were more likely to be spared because they were built to more stringent safety cod…
A report of the National Advisory Committee on Children and Disasters
Focusing exclusively on natural disasters, this report reviews the knowledge and practice gains that promote a more rapid and equitable recovery for children and youth through collaboration and established partnerships at all levels: federal, state, tribe, territory and local governm…
This paper provides an accounting of where and when mitigation and recovery investments have occurred in Louisiana, thereby generating a mitigation investment portfolio for the state.
An exploratory data analysis of FEMA OpenData sets, supplemented by data on disaster damage and recovery, was conducted to develop a portfolio of mitigation actions imple…
This report of the commission describes how the state of Texas responded to the disaster, and how Texans began the long road to recovery.
The report is the product of months of effort by the commission and its many partners, based on hundreds of hours of interviews and after-action reports. It provides a detailed account of the storm a…
This study looks in detail at two very different floods: Columbia and Charleston floods, which occurred due to the October 2015 torrential rainfall and flooding in South Carolina. Based on interviews with impacted households and people involved in risk reduction, response and recovery at the city, county, state and federal level, the study ide…
This study of Colorado’s 2013 floods aims to help communities learn how to improve recovery decisions that decrease their vulnerability to a wide variety of hazards and prepare for future disasters that may strike. It explores policy planning, lessons, and changes made in the aftermath of the 2013 floods in the seven affected communities (Boul…
This book offers recommendations and guidance to enhance the disaster resilience of the academic biomedical research community in the United States of America, with a special focus on the potential actions researchers, academic research institutions, and research sponsors can take to mitigate the impact of future disasters.
Chapters within the boo…
This study presents analysis of the six winning Hurricane Sandy Design Competition projects selected to demonstrate innovative approaches for rebuilding communities affected by Hurricane Sandy in ways that will enhance physical, social, economic, and environmental resilience. Two years into implementation, these projects are providing important les…
This article, from a Professor of Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, assesses the impacts of the recent earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan, highlighting the success of the seismic damage mitigation efforts through strong building codes.
It describes: (i) the earthquake; (ii) the tsunami; and (iii) the related fires that oc…
This book was produced to mark the end of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR), a United Nations initiative to reduce the negative effects of natural disasters.
This volume communicates solutions to the problems associated with natural disasters, stimulating discussion and improvements in methods of protecting people and prop…
The National Disaster Recovery Framework (NDRF) establishes a common platform and forum for how the whole community builds, sustains, and coordinates delivery of recovery capabilities. Resilient and sustainable recovery encompasses more than the restoration of a community’s physical structures to pre-disaster conditions. Through effective coordination o…