POLICY DIFFUSION IN COMMUNITY-SCALE FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT

• Published in: WIT Transactions on Engineering Sciences Vol. 121; p. 81
• Main Authors: Noonan, Douglas S, Richardson, Lilliard E, ABDUL-AKEEM SADIQ
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Southampton W I T Press 01.01.2018
• Subjects: Community participation; Control; Demographics; Emergency management; Flood control; Flood management; Flood predictions; Incentives; Regression analysis; Regression models; Risk management; United States > US

This study analyzes which communities adopted flood risk management practices during the past 25 years. In particular, we focus on community-scale flood management efforts undertaken voluntarily in towns and counties across the United States. In 1990, the US Federal Emergency Management Agency creat...