Year: 1994
Type: article
Abstract: Notwithstanding a natural disaster of unprecedented severity in the heart of the country, and at a time when analysis of the underlying evidence and issues is more detailed and comprehensive than ever before, there is doubt that the nation will make fundamental changes necessary to prevent a recurrence of the tragic flood losses of 1993. The Federal government has been struggling for at least 25 years to put into action a coherent policy for floodplain management. It has never before had as solid a scientific basis for shaping effective measures at federal, state, and local levels. The magnitude of the Midwest floods- albeit now fading in public memory- still makes dramatic the opportunity for improvements. A few positive steps have been taken. The landmark report of the Interagency Floodplain Management Review Committee pointed the was
Author: Gilbert F. White
Language: English
Subfield: Global and Planetary Change
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W249950451