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<br />CONTENTS <br /> <br />National Weather Service......................................................................................... 52 <br /> <br />U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.................................................................... 52 <br />The Association Of State Floodplain Managers .........................................................;.53 <br />Floodplain Management 19808: State And LQcal Programs.........................................55 <br />ASFPM's 1985 state activity survey..........,.................................:.......................... ..55 <br />ASFPM's 1989 state activity survey.........................................................................57 <br />The Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center..........................59 <br /> <br />Operations and services...............................................:................:...........................5 9 <br /> <br />5 A Growing Interest in the Environment.............................................................61 <br />The Conservation Movement and Its Programs..................................,................~........61 <br />Other Legislative and Executive Actions.... ........... ................ ............... .......... ..............62 <br />Increasing Awareness of Floodplain Natural Resources and Functions.......................63 <br /> <br />6 The 1990s: Disaster Assistance Prevails ............................................................. 67 <br /> <br />A Growing Federal Role in Disaster Response and Recovery......................................67 <br /> <br />The National Assessment........................... ~.................................................................. 70 <br /> <br />The 1994 Unified National Program for Floodplain Management...............................73 <br />The Great Flood of 1993................................ ............ ............ ............ ................ ........... 74 <br />. Issues Arising From the Great Flood of 1993...............................................................75 <br /> <br />Levees.............................. ........................................................................................... 75 <br /> <br />Substantially damaged buildings.......................................................... .................... 78 <br />Alternative mitigation measures...................................................................... ......... 78 <br />Insurance as a mitigation tool.................................................................................. 79 <br />Post-Flood Activities and Studies............. .,................................................................. .'.80 <br />Report of the Administration's Interagency Floodplain Management <br /> <br />Review Committee........ .... .............. .... ...:. ........ ............................................. .... .....80 <br /> <br />Amendments to the NFIP ............................................................................... ...........82 <br /> <br />Amendments to the Federal Crop Insurance Program............................................. 82 <br />Congressional Directed Assessment of 1993 Flooded Areas ...................................82 <br /> <br />Congressional task forces ..... .................................................................... ................83 <br /> <br />Floodplain Management 1990s: State And Local Programs.........................................83 <br />ASFPM's 1992 state activity survey......................................................................... 84 <br />ASFPM's 1995 state activity survey ....................................................................... ..85 <br />The ASFPM: A National Voice. .............. ..... ............. ........ .................. ..... ........... ....... ..87 <br />The Private Sector and Academic Inquiry ....................................................................89 <br />Other Activities and Studies ............................ ....... .................. ........... ....................... ..90 <br />The demise ofTVA 's floodplain management program............................................90 <br /> <br />Multi-hazards management ..... ........ ................................................................. ........90 <br /> <br />A reassessment of natural hazards in the United States...........................................91 <br />The International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction ......................................92 <br />Disaster Assistance in the 1990s........................ ............. ....................... .............. .........92 <br /> <br />r <br />I <br />\'.i <br />;t <br />.. <br /> <br />~ <br />~~ <br /> <br />l <br />~ <br /> <br />" <br />~ <br /> <br />;f <br />"' <br /> <br />CONTENTS <br /> <br />7 P ostscri pt..................... .................. ................. ................................ ..... .... ......... ...... 95 <br /> <br />Appendix A: About the Author ................................................................................99 <br /> <br />Appendix B: Select Publications, Federal Interagency Floodplain 100 <br /> <br />Management Task Force ..... ....................... .............. ... ........... ...... ............. ......... <br /> <br /> <br />Glossary ..... ... ....... ....... ..... .................. .............. ...... ....... ........ .............. .... ...1 02 <br />............... <br />