Levees and the National Flood Insurance Program: Improving Policies and Practices
Improving Policies And Practices
- Editore:
NATL ACADEMY PR
- EAN:
9780309282901
- ISBN:
030928290X
- Pagine:
- 274
- Formato:
- Paperback
- Lingua:
- Inglese
Descrizione Levees and the National Flood Insurance Program: Improving Policies and Practices
The Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration (FIMA) manages the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), which is a cornerstone in the U.S. strategy to assist communities to prepare for, mitigate against, and recover from flood disasters. The NFIP was established by Congress with passage of the National Flood Insurance Act in 1968, to help reduce future flood damages through NFIP community floodplain regulation that would control development in flood hazard areas, provide insurance for a premium to property owners, and reduce federal expenditures for disaster assistance. The flood insurance is available only to owners of insurable property located in communities that participate in the NFIP. Currently, the program has 5,555,915 million policies in 21,881 communities3 across the United States.