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ASFPM Foundation to hold a Gilbert F. White National Flood Policy forum this fall in D.C. What exactly IS “climate informed science?” That is what the ASFPM Foundation hopes to answer in its one-day forum, “Climate-Informed Sciences and Flood Risk Management-Opportunities and Challenges.” The foundation, as a catalyst to this important discussion, is hosting the

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NOAA’s Green Infrastructure Product Suite Helps Communities Reduce Extreme Weather Impacts Community planners use nature’s processes to build resilience Aug. 25, 2015 As coastal community populations grow and climate change brings more frequent weather extremes, communities are looking for new ways to become more resilient. Green infrastructure is showing a lot of promise. View the

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Larry Larson, ASFPM’s director emeritus, recommends this Congressional Research Service report called: Army Corps of Engineers: Water Resource Authorizations, Appropriations, and Activities He said, “This report, just issued by CRS (July 28), was written by a long-time colleague Nicole Carter and others. Nicole has been doing analysis of USACE programs for years, and this document

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New Guide to Public Alerts and Warnings for Dam and Levee Emergencies Risk reduction can be achieved through various means, including improved approaches to flood warning and emergency management. The USACE Dam and Levee Safety Programs have recently engaged with renowned social scientists Dennis Mileti and John Sorensen, in the areas of warning and evacuation

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Risk MAP Guidelines and Standards 2015 Fall Maintenance Cycle The Federal Emergency Management Agency maintains guidelines and standards to support the Risk Mapping, Assessment and Planning (Risk MAP) program. These guidelines and standards define the specific implementation of the statutory and regulatory requirements for the National Flood Insurance Program. These also outline the performance of

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#ASFPM2015 Contest Announcement And the Winner of our #ASFPM2015 “Why I love being an ASFPM Member” Contest is … Tim Trautman, ASFPM’s Mitigation Pod Facilitator and Program Manager for the Mecklenburg County Engineering and Mitigation Department in North Carolina. We had 22 wonderful entries into the competition held during the Atlanta conference. ASFPM staff judged

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The Water Environment Federation announced July 22 a new national municipal stormwater and green infrastructure awards program. Developed through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the program aims to recognize high-performing regulated Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4s) and inspire them to exceed requirements through innovative and cost-effective approaches. This is a

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FEMA has released Evaluation and Monitoring of Seepage and Internal Erosion (FEMA P-1032) to the public. This technical manual, sponsored by the Interagency Committee on Dam Safety (ICODS), investigates the internal erosion occurring at embankment dams and levees, and how it poses a threat of failure and potential risk to public safety. Recognizing the threat

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Thousands of dams, levees, hurricane barriers and flood walls built across the country by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers may be at risk from extreme weather and sea level rise driven by climate change, but the Corps has only just begun to assess how vulnerable they are and suffers from a lack of funding,

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Findings from the Issues Brief: 1. How does the receipt of government disaster aid impact the demand for insurance? While Individual Assistance (IA) grants provide important financial help to those in need after a disaster, we find that it creates a significant moral hazard effect. Increasing the average IA disaster grant in a ZIP code

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