Midwest Flooding Disaster : Rethinking Federal Flood Insurance?

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Flood insurance.

Floods.

Risk assessment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (24 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2008.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Assesses risk of flooding in U.S., and discusses reasons to reconsider current multifaceted approach to Federal flood insurance, under the national flood insurance program (NFIP). Reviews lessons learned from the 1993 and 2008 Midwest floods, current NFIP financial conditions, major policy issues, and legislative action to reauthorize and modify NFIP.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Midwest Flooding Disaster

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