Hazard Reduction Programs
Over the last 100 years, the government has put in place a number of hazard-reduction programs as the result of various disasters. Write a 5–7-page paper analyzing the current and past governmental reduction programs (for both natural and man-made hazards) and trace the history of hazard mitigation from the 20th Century to current times.
The list below contains a sample of programs:
Flood Control Act (FCA) of 1917
FCA of 1936
FCA of 1938
Federal Disaster Relief Act of 1950
National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)
Disaster Relief Act of 1970
Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973
Disaster Relief Act of 1974
Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act-1977
FEMA Established-1978
Coastal Barriers Resource Act-1982
Stafford Act-1988
Hazard Mitigation Act of 2000
Your assignment should:
Identify at least three (3) natural and three (3) man-made disaster mitigation programs, highlighting best practices
Identify the sources for each of the programs and explain the influence of disasters on mitigation programs
Explain how the programs were put in place
Discuss the impact of such programs, including the program effectiveness and unresolved issues
Last Completed Projects
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