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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Auteur principal: Kneeland, Timothy W., 1962- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Syracuse : Syracuse University Press, 2021.
Édition:First edition.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
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.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:"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 state and federal levels, Kneeland discusses governmental response and disaster relief, showing how this regional event had national implications for environmental policy and how its effects have resounded through the complexities of disaster politics long after the snow fell"--
Description matérielle:1 online resource.
ISBN:9780815655114

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