Assignment: Hazard Reduction Programs

Over the last 100 years, the government has put in place a number of hazard-reduction programs as the result of various disasters. Write a 5-7 page paper analyzing the current and past governmental reduction programs (for both natural and man-made hazards) and trace the history of hazard mitigation from the 20th Century to current times.

The list below contains a sample of programs:

· Flood Control Act(FCA) of 1917
· FCA of 1936
· FCA of 1938
· Federal Disaster Relief Act of 1950
· National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)
· Disaster Relief Act of 1970
· Flood Disaster protection Act of 1973
· Disaster Relief Act of 1974
· Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act-1977
· FEMA Established-1978
· Coastal Barriers Resource Act-1982
· Stafford Act-1988
· Hazard Mitigation Act of 2000

Your Assignment should:

· identify at least three natural and three man-made disaster mitigation programs, highlighting best practices
· identify the sources for each of the programs and explain the influence of disasters on mitigation programs
· explain how the programs were put in place
· discuss the impact of such programs, including the program effectiveness and unresolved issues.