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Lessons from Sandy : Federal Policies to Build Climate-Resilient Coastal Regions.
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, MA :
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy,
2015.
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| Colección: | Policy Focus Reports.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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
- 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