Declaring Disaster : Buffalo's Blizzard of '77 and the Creation of FEMA /

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"Buffalo's 1977 blizzard was the first snowstorm to be declared a disaster in US history and, in "Declaring Disaster," Kneeland offers a compelling examination of whether the 1977 storm was an anomaly or the inevitable outcome of years of city planning. From the local to the stat...

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Autor principal: Kneeland, Timothy W., 1962- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Syracuse : Syracuse University Press, 2021.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
United States. > Federal Emergency Management Agency.
United States. > Federal Emergency Management Agency > History.
Disaster relief.
Blizzards.
Disaster relief > New York (State)
Blizzards > New York (State) > Buffalo.
New York (State) > Buffalo.
New York (State)
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Buffalo and snow control: from the age of mass transition to the rise of the automobile
  • Buffalo and snow control in the age of the automobile
  • The blizzard of '77: Buffalo's greatest disaster
  • Buffalo's disaster declaration and presidential politics
  • A blizzard of change: Jimmy Carter remakes emergency management
  • "Grab a six pack": snow control in Buffalo after
  • No thruway: automobility in decline.

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