Disasters and Democracy The Politics of Extreme Natural Events

Name: Disasters and Democracy The Politics of Extreme Natural Events
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ISBN: 9781559636964

ISBN-10: 1559636963

ISBN-13: 9781559636964

Edition: 2nd 1999

Authors: Rutherford H. Platt, Miriam Gradie Anderson, Alexandra Dawson, Jessica Spelke Jansujwicz, Ute J. Dymon

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In recent years, the number of presidential declarations of “major disasters” has skyrocketed. Such declarations make stricken areas eligible for federal emergency relief funds that greatly reduce their costs. But is federalizing the costs of disasters helping to lighten the overall burden of disasters or is it making matters worse? Does it remove incentives for individuals and local communities to take measures to protect themselves? Are people more likely to invest in property in hazardous locations in the belief that, if worse comes to worst, the federal government will bail them out?.Disasters and Democracyaddresses the political response to natural disasters, focusing specifically on…

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List price: $45.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Island Press
Publication date: 5/1/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 354
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Preface


Introduction: Disasters Before 1950: Coping Without Congress



Federalizing Disasters: From Compassion to Entitlement



Shouldering the Burden: Federal Assumption of Disaster Costs



U.S. Federal Disaster Declarations: A Geographical Analysis




Stemming the Losses: The Quest for Hazard Mitigation




Property Rights and the Takings Issue



Property Rights Organizations: Backlash Against Regulation




The Takings Issue and the Regulation of Hazardous Areas




Case Studies



Fire Island: The Politics of Coastal Erosion




St. Charles County, Missouri: Federal Dollars and the 1993 Flood




The Bay Area: One Disaster After Another


Conclusion and Recommendations


Selected Bibliography for Further Reading


About the Contributors


Index