The Soil Conservation Service Responds To The 1993 Midwest Floods

Author : Steven Phillips
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Emergency management
ISBN : MINN:31951D011693350

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The Soil Conservation Service Responds to the 1993 Midwest Floods by Steven Phillips Pdf

The goal of this study is to assist in program management by pointing out problems, both recurring and unique to 1993, which hamper an effective response to natural disasters. Starting from a historical summary of flooding on the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri rivers, it then describes 1993's disaster. Next, the general approach of the White House and Congress to flood recovery is examined. The activities of individual U.S. Department of Agriculture agencies also receive attention. Most of the document focuses on the Soil Conservation Service's flood recovery program, new wetlands and levee policies, and the vexing problems encountered in this work. Finally, the Service's work in each of the nine flood states will be discussed in detail.

Author : Steven Phillips
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Emergency management
ISBN : UCR:31210023328758

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The Soil Conservation Service Responds to the 1993 Midwest Floods by Steven Phillips Pdf

The goal of this study is to assist in program management by pointing out problems, both recurring and unique to 1993, which hamper an effective response to natural disasters. Starting from a historical summary of flooding on the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri rivers, it then describes 1993's disaster. Next, the general approach of the White House and Congress to flood recovery is examined. The activities of individual U.S. Department of Agriculture agencies also receive attention. Most of the document focuses on the Soil Conservation Service's flood recovery program, new wetlands and levee policies, and the vexing problems encountered in this work. Finally, the Service's work in each of the nine flood states will be discussed in detail.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Nature
ISBN : MINN:31951D00276127H

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Condition of Agricultural Land Damaged by the Midwest Flood by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1484 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UIUC:30112005602161

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Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1484 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Government publications
ISBN : WISC:89117117887

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Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications by Anonim Pdf

Author : Bimal Kanti Paul
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-07
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9798216121794

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Natural Hazards and Disasters [2 volumes] by Bimal Kanti Paul Pdf

This two-volume encyclopedia provides the science behind such heart-pumping geophysical hazards as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, cyclones, and floods, as well as authoritative entries on notable natural disasters around the world and the agencies that help those they impact. Natural Hazards and Disasters explores the sometimes harsh effects of nature on human life. The set discusses the physical science behind specific types of hazards and disasters (such as blizzards and tsunamis), their impact on our lives, how damage is mitigated or prevented, recovery and reconstruction, and the current research and technology used for managing or even eliminating the hazards. Written by experts in the field, the set also explores a variety of extreme events from around the world, including the 2010–2011 Christchurch Earthquakes (New Zealand), the 2017–2018 Thomas Fire (United States), and the 2018 Kerala Floods (India). Also covered are the world's major international and nonprofit aid agencies, like the Salvation Army and Oxfam, that assist disaster victims.

Author : William L Waugh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317465980

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Living with Hazards, Dealing with Disasters: An Introduction to Emergency Management by William L Waugh Pdf

This is the first concise introduction to emergency management, the emerging profession that deals with disasters from floods and earthquakes to terrorist attacks. Twenty case studies illustrate the handling of actual disasters including the Northridge Earthquake and the Oklahoma City Bombing. Discussion questions and guides to on-line information sources facilitate use of the book in the classroom and professional training programs.

Author : William L. Waugh
Publisher : M.E. Sharpe
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1999-12-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0765631636

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Living with Hazards, Dealing with Disasters by William L. Waugh Pdf

This is the first concise introduction to emergency management, the emerging profession that deals with disasters from floods and earthquakes to terrorist attacks. Coverage includes: --The history of emergency management and its evolution from volunteer effort to trained intervention; --Organization of emergency management systems -- local, state, regional, national, international; governmental, for-profit, and nonprofit; --Managing natural disasters -- floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes, avalanches, etc.; --Managing manmade disasters -- civil defense, terrorism, hazardous materials accidents, fires, structural failures, nuclear accidents, transportation disasters; --Policy issues in the management of risk, emergencies, and disasters; --Disaster management in the Twenty-first Century-- technological and political challenges. Twenty case studies illustrate the handling of actual disasters including the Northridge Earthquake and the Oklahoma City Bombing. Discussion questions and guides to on-line information sources facilitate use of the book in the classroom and professional training programs.

Author : J. R. McNeill
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2001-04-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780393321838

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Something New Under the Sun by J. R. McNeill Pdf

Traces the history of environmental change around the world in the twentieth century, its human causes, and consequences.

Author : Kenneth A. Froot
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2007-12-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780226266251

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The Financing of Catastrophe Risk by Kenneth A. Froot Pdf

Is it possible that the insurance and reinsurance industries cannot handle a major catastrophe? Ten years ago, the notion that the overall cost of a single catastrophic event might exceed $10 billion was unthinkable. With ever increasing property-casualty risks and unabated growth in hazard-prone areas, insurers and reinsurers now envision the possibility of disaster losses of $50 to $100 billion in the United States. Against this backdrop, the capitalization of the insurance and reinsurance industries has become a crucial concern. While it remains unlikely that a single event might entirely bankrupt these industries, a big catastrophe could place firms under severe stress, jeopardizing both policy holders and investors and causing profound ripple effects throughout the U.S. economy. The Financing of Catastrophe Risk assembles an impressive roster of experts from academia and industry to explore the disturbing yet realistic assumption that a large catastrophic event is inevitable. The essays offer tangible means of both reassessing and raising the level of preparedness throughout the insurance and reinsurance industries.

Author : David A. Moss
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2004-10-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0674016092

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When All Else Fails by David A. Moss Pdf

One of the most important functions of government—risk management—is one of the least well understood. Moving beyond familiar public functions—spending, taxation, and regulation—Moss spotlights government's pivotal role as a risk manager, revealing the nature and extent of this function, which touches almost every aspect of economic life.

Author : David O. Whitten
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1997-04-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781567509724

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Extractives, Manufacturing, and Services by David O. Whitten Pdf

The second volume in the Handbook of American Business History series, this book offers concise histories of extractive, manufacturing, and service industries as well as extensive bibliographic essays pointing to the leading sources on each industry and bibliographic checklists. Supplementing other bibliographic materials in business history, this volume provides researchers with a much needed path through the vast array of material available in the library and on the Internet. Indicating which resources to check and which to bypass, the book is a guide to a sometimes overwhelming amount of information. Each of the book's chapters provides a concise industry history, beginning with the industry's rise to importance in the U.S. and continuing to the present. The bibliographic essays provide a narrative outline of the leading sources published or made available in archives, libraries, or museum collections since 1971, when Lovett's American Economic and Business History Information Sources was published. Each discussion concludes with a bibliographic checklist of the titles mentioned in the essay as well as other titles. In a rapidly expanding information society, researchers, teachers, and students may be easily overwhelmed by the exhaustive material available in print and electronically. What is useful and what can be ignored is a strategic question, and few know where to begin. This book provides a guide.

Author : Douglas Helms
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 735 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9781105678462

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He Loved to Carry the Message: The Collected Writings of Douglas Helms by Douglas Helms Pdf

This volume is a collection of the writings of Douglas Helms on topics ranging from the history of the cotton boll weevil and the soils of the South to the history of soil and water conservation programs in the United States. They were authored over a more than thirty year career as a historian in the public service at the National Archives and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service and Natural Resources Conservation Service.

Author : Roger A. Pielke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Climatic changes
ISBN : PSU:000031311397

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Midwest Flood of 1993 by Roger A. Pielke Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Legislation
ISBN : UOM:39015087529304

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Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States by United States. Congress. House Pdf

Some vols. include supplemental journals of "such proceedings of the sessions, as, during the time they were depending, were ordered to be kept secret, and respecting which the injunction of secrecy was afterwards taken off by the order of the House."