Aligning Natural Resource Conservation and Flood Hazard Mitigation in California.

ABSTRACT:

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Flooding is the most common and damaging of all natural disasters in the United States, and was a factor in almost all declared disasters in U.S.

History

Direct flood losses in the U.S. in 2011 totaled $8.41 billion and flood damage has also been on the rise globally over the past century. The National Flood Insurance Program paid out more than $38 billion in claims since its inception in 1968, more than a third of which has gone to the one percent of policies that experienced multiple losses and are classified as "repetitive loss." During the same period, the loss of coastal wetlands and other natural habitat has continued, and funds for conservation and restoration of these habitats are very limited. This study demonstrates that flood losses could be mitigated t

SUBMITTER: Calil J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4511615 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature