If you live near a body of water, you may have heard about flood insurance. Standard homeowner's policies don't cover damage from flooding, so...
It was in 100 flood-prone communities in all regions of the country. The study revealed that millions of eligible homes are not covered by the National Flood Insurance Program. Forecasters said that the 2006 hurricane season could be as destructive as that of 2005....
This Flood Insurance Study investigates the existence and severity of flood hazards in the unincorporated areas of Salt Lake County, Utah, and aids in the ... FEM Agency - 《Libraries》 被引量: 0发表: 1994年 Flood Insurance Study, City of Manti, Utah, Sanpete County This Flood Insurance ...
Local communities can choose to participate in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and if they do, FEMA makes federal flood insurance available to residents and businesses in the community. To join the NFIP, the local government agrees to adopt a floodplain ordinance and manage all devel...
At the same time, formal insurance systems are absent. Given that the response efficacy vis-á-vis floods of self-help groups could be improved, for instance through regional integration, there appears to be great potential for this form of risk management. Income diversification is known as ...
capacity drainage pipes. Moreover, passing the baton of flood risk to businesses and homeowners to deal with themselves has not proven to be an achievable way forward, to date, because property-level flood risk adaptation has been limited and is further complicated by the flood insurance industry...
Numerous studies have investigated risk reduction approaches such as structural mitigation, buyouts, and flood insurance, but relatively few have explored the associated degree of social vulnerability. What is the relationship between social vulnerability indicators of flood exposure, flood impacts, and ...
Download: Download full-size image Fig. 3. Key Attributes in Model Simulation, including DEM, Water Body Proximity, Flood Risk, Building First Floor Elevations, Improved Value of Parcels, and Estimated Flood Insurance Costs. We developed the calibration model using parcel land uses in 2011 and 20...
Aerts JCJH, Botzen WJW (2011) Climate change impacts on pricing long-term flood insurance: A comprehensive study for the Netherlands. Global Environ Change 21(3):1045–1060. doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2011.04.005 Article Google Scholar Atreya A, Ferreira S, Kriesel W (2013) Forgetting the...
Furthermore, a flood insurance system should be established, and flood risk communication must be improved. In Japan, mandatory flood evacuation has never been enforced during recent decades, which may be the cause of the low rate of flood evacuation in Japan. The evacuation rate was 13.1% ...