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Losing ground : a nation on edge / edited by John Nolon and Dan Rodriguez.
- Title
- Losing ground : a nation on edge / edited by John Nolon and Dan Rodriguez.
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : Environmental Law Institute, 2007.
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- Description
- xxi, 491 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "America builds on the edge of disaster prone areas: on moveable barrier islands, fragile coastal ecosystems, shorelines subject to inundation, and next to flammable forests. Ferocious storm events focus local and national attention in the tragic moment and during short-term recovery efforts; then, too often, we return to business as usual, continuing to build and rebuild on the edge. Losing Ground provides effective perspectives and prescriptions for longer-term disaster mitigation planning and action. Authors from a variety of disciplines (including law, history, geography, environmental science, and urban planning) review past policies and practices, the lessons learned from previous disasters, current approaches to disaster planning and recovery, an assessment of the proper roles and responsibilities of various levels of government in the federal system, new legal and technological tools, and a review of innovations in disaster mitigation."--Publisher's website.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-339).
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Disaster mitigation through land use strategies -- Learning from disasters: the synergy of law and geography -- The agency of law in natural catastrophe: a historical analysis -- Response to chapter 3: reviewing the historical analysis -- Sustainability at the edge: the opportunity and responsibility of local governments to most effectively plan for natural disaster mitigation -- Response to chapter 4: are we planning safer communities -- The nexus of hazard assessment, geospatial technologies, and holistic community planning strategies -- Remedying our fragmented governmental structures to deal with our nation-on-edge problems -- Redefining federalism: rethinking the federal government's role in important environmental problems -- Making change on the ground: the role of the civic sector -- Institutions matter: some remarks on disaster mitigation and the comparative competence debate -- Allocating government responsibility for disaster mitigation -- Comparative institutional competence -- Increasing resilience to natural hazards: obstacles and opportunities for local governments under the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 -- Response to chapter 12: regulating rebuilding in developed areas following disasters.
- ISBN
- 9781585761142
- 1585761141
- LCCN
- ^^2007282308
- OCLC
- 153580892
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library