Natural Hazard Mitigation: Recasting Disaster Policy and Planning

by David Godschalk, Timothy Beatley, David J. Brower, et al.

Book Overview

The first half of the 1990s saw the largest and most costly floods, hurricanes, and earthquakes in the history of the United States. While natural hazards cannot be prevented, their human impacts can be greatly reduced through advance action that mitigates risks and reduces vulnerability.

Natural Hazard Mitigation describes and analyzes the way that hazard mitigation has been carried out in the U.S. under our national disaster law,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1559636025
• ISBN13: 9781559636025
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Island Press
• Length: 591 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.1"