| Description |
1 online resource (52 pages) |
| Series |
Policy Focus Reports |
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Policy Focus Reports
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| Contents |
Intro; Contents; Executive Summary; Chapter 1: Introduction: Learning from Disaster to Create Climate-Resilient Regions; Pivoting from Disaster Recovery to Climate Adaptation; How Do We Define Resilience?; Why Do Regions Matter?; Federal Efforts to Address Climate Change; Chapter 2: Disaster Relief; Timing of Assistance; Coordination of Assistance; Sources of Assistance; Chapter 3: Insurance and Flood Risk Management; The National Flood Insurance Program; Minimizing Resistance to FIRMs and ABFEs; Flood Insurance Rate Maps; Chapter 4: Urban Infrastructure; Transportation; Land Use |
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The Hoboken TerminalEnergy; Water Management; How Does the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) Affect the Way We Rebuild?; Aligning Army Corps Projects with Climate Adaptation; Chapter 5: Science, Decision-Support, and Guidance; Scenario Planning for Resilience; Chapter 6: Recommendations; Appendix A: Policy Working Session; Appendix B: Forum for Climate-Resilient Coasts; Appendix C: Glossary of Acronyms; References; Acknowledgements; About the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy; About Regional Plan Association; About the Authors |
| Summary |
This report, spurred by the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, identifies a set of policies, regulations, and administrative practices that federal agencies can adopt to help coastalmetropolitan regions recover quickly from natural disasters and reduce future risk in theface of climate change and rising sea levels |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Hazard mitigation -- Government policy -- United States
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Coastal zone management -- Government policy -- United States
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Coastal zone management -- Government policy.
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United States.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Tolkoff, Laura
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| ISBN |
9781558443846 |
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1558443843 |
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