February 17, 2016
FEMA has issued an Advanced Notice of Rule Making on a proposal for a disaster deductible concept
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FEMA has issued an Advanced Notice of Rule Making on a proposal for a disaster deductible concept: https://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=FEMA_FRDOC_0001-4874 ASFPM will be submitting comments by the due date, so we are asking our leadership (board, committee co-chairs and others) to provide comments to Larry Larson and the executive office at ASFPM@floods.org by March 14. If committee
February 8, 2016
ASFPM and APA awarded $1.05 million grant
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NOAA Grant Will Bring Resiliency Efforts into Capital Improvement Planning The Association of State Floodplain Managers and American Planning Association will work together to develop new national planning guidelines for coastal resiliency, thanks to a $1,054,543 Regional Coastal Resilience Grant Award from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office for Coastal Management. Trillions of dollars of
February 2, 2016
EPA’s Green Infrastructure Technical Assistance Summary Offers Tools, Strategies and Lessons Learned
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The EPA’s Green Infrastructure program is excited to release a new report that summarizes tools, strategies and lessons learned from green infrastructure projects across the country. The report, Tools, Strategies and Lessons Learned from EPA Green Infrastructure Technical Assistance Projects, summarizes results from EPA’s green infrastructure technical assistance program for communities looking for solutions to
January 25, 2016
Attention all coastal floodplain managers
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Attention all coastal floodplain managers (and really anyone trying to make their community resilient to flooding) ASFPM would like your help in completing a short survey on community resilience. The association, along with the American Planning Association, National Association of Counties and AECOM, partnered with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and National
January 15, 2016
Pennsylvania Assc. of FPM just released a white paper, “Flooding/Stormwater Related Programs in Pennsylvania
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Flooding/Stormwater Related Programs in Pennsylvania: Data, Models, Products, Applicability This white paper, released Jan. 15, 2016, was created by the Stormwater SubCommittee of the Floodplain Mapping and Technical Committee of the Pennsylvania Association of Floodplain Managers. “Flooding and stormwater, in the past, had been thought of as two separate regulatory programs. This is evidenced by
January 15, 2016
World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2016 Released
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Just released – World Economic Forum’s Global Risk Report 2016 The Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center announced Jan. 14 the release of the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2016. The report, undertaken in conjunction with the Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center of the University of Pennsylvania, reports opinions of 750
January 11, 2016
Guidebook Update Highlights Best Practices for Integrating Ecosystem Services into Federal Decision Making
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Guidebook Update Highlights Best Practices for Integrating Ecosystem Services into Federal Decision Making Following release of new policy guidance directing federal agencies to begin incorporating ecosystem services in federal planning and decision making, the National Ecosystem Services Partnership (NESP) introduces updates to its online resource the Federal Resource Management and Ecosystem Services Guidebook. The guidebook
January 8, 2016
FEMA provides information about the spring RiskMAP update
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Risk MAP Guidelines and Standards 2016 Spring 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
January 6, 2016
A Look at 35 Years of Flood Insurance Claims
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A Look at 35 Years of Flood Insurance Claims: An analysis of more than one million flood claims under the National Flood Insurance Program reveals insights to help homeowners get the insurance they need. Written by Carolyn Kousky and Erwann Michel-Kerjan with the Wharton Risk Center The authors put together this six page overview of
December 16, 2015
A Proposed Design for Community Flood Insurance
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A Proposed Design for Community Flood Insurance by Carolyn Kousky and Leonard Shabman from Resources for the Future Many areas in the United States are vulnerable to floods. However, the purchase of flood insurance, an important contributor to community resilience, remains low. Insurance payments, unlike federal disaster aid, can provide rapid and higher payouts to