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Disaster management. U.S. policies pertaining to weather and climate extremes
1Department of Geography, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL 61820, USA.
Abstract:
Climate and weather extremes--floods, drought, storms, severe weather--now have an impact on all levels of government and on the insurance industry. U.S. national policy has moved from structural approaches (building dams, levees, and irrigation ditches) to societal approaches: moving people out of hazardous areas, seeking improvements in building codes, and encouraging the use of crop and flood insurance. Federal relief assistance policies have been called into question, and renewed emphasis on personal responsibility is part of future policy.
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