Disaster Planning & Mitigation

Federal Programs Offering Non-Structural Flood Recovery and Floodplain Management Alternatives (PDF)
Developer: Office of Management and Budget
Description: A handbook that provides information to local entities and other interested parties about federal programs that support a non-structural approach to floodplain management. Included are broad strategies and specific federal programs that could form the basis for a non-structural response to a flood event. Programs are grouped by three primary non-structural strategies:

1. Acquisition, relocation, elevation, and flood-proofing of existing structures;
2. Rural land easements and acquisitions; and
3. Restoration of wetlands.

Natural Hazard Mitigation Recasting Disaster Policy and Planning
Author: David R. Godschalk, et al. Publisher: Island Press, Suite 300, 1717 Connecticut Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20009
Description: This book describes and analyzes the way that hazard mitigation has been carried out in the United States under our national disaster law, the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. The book is an informative and eye-opening examination for planners, policy makers, students of planning and geography, and professionals working for government agencies that deal with natural hazards.

Natural Hazards Observer
Developer: Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center
Phone: (303) 492-6818
Website: http://www.Colorado.EDUu/hazards
Email: jclark@spot.colorado.edu
Description: This bi-monthly publication is an excellent source of information and resources concerned with the mitigation of and recovery from natural disasters. The Observer is free to subscribers within the United States

Rebuilding Your Flooded Home
Developer: U.S. Department of Energy
Description: This booklet focuses on the energy efficiency aspects of rebuilding a flood-damaged home. It demonstrates that it is possible, with little added cost or time, to rebuild your home to be more energy efficient.

Repairing Your Flooded Home
Developers: Red Cross and The Federal Emergency Management Agency
Description: This booklet is probably the best single source for written help on the subject of rebuilding a flooded home. It is available free of charge from: FEMA Publications, P.O. Box 70274, Washington, DC, 20024

Urban Security
Developer: Los Alamos National Laboratory
Phone: (505) 665-0052
Website: http://www.ees.lanl.gov/EES5/bio_ees5/steen/steen.html
Email: steen@lanl.gov
Description: Integrated modeling of the urban system of systems:

1. urban air-water transport pathways;
2. earthquakes, urban infrastructure and disaster response;
3. urban regrowth after disaster; and
4. collective decision-making support.

Last updated: November 19, 2002 

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