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For more than 30 years the Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) has participated in the development of nationwide flood policies and programs that aim to reduce the traumatic impacts and costs of floods in the United States. The ASFPM also has worked to increase public and official understanding of the critical environmental and cultural importance of the nation's floodplains, their functions, and their resources.
Some of the ASFPM's contributions have included the development and promotion of the No Adverse Impact approach to local floodplain management; pioneering flood hazard mitigation strategies and non-stuctural and floodproofing alternatives; support of a community rating system for flood insurance; promotion and support of multi-objective planning for floodplains; and advocating the modification of federal policies that inhibit floodplain management or encourage unwise decisions by individuals and government.
Although it is important to review our accomplishments and those of the nation as a whole, we do so only with the recognition that flood losses have continued to escalate, that progress is difficult to measure and not always permanent, and that the nation and world are changing rapidly in ways that can both help and hinder effective floodplain management.
This document, National Flood Policies and Programs in Review - 2007, was prepared by the floodplain management practitioners represented by the ASFPM. Its purpose is to identify those ways in which national flood policies and programs for reducing flood damage and for protecting the natural resources and functions of our floodplains can be improved, and the nation thereby better served. It contains hundreds of ideas and recommendations for making such improvements and enhancing activities at all levels of government, by individuals, and in the private sector.
To open and review the National Flood Policies and Programs in Review - 2007 section by section, please visit the Table of Contents.
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This page was last updated on October 19, 2007.
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