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Participation in the NFIP is based on an agreement between local communities and the federal government that states that if a community will adopt and enforce a floodplain management ordinance to reduce future flood risks to new construction in Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHA), the federal government will make flood insurance available within the community as a financial protection against ...
Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction: HCF and the City of Hamilton launched the Roundtable over a decade ago to focus on systemic-level change needed to reduce and eliminate poverty in Hamilton. As the 2015 recipient of the national Cities Reducing Poverty Award, the Roundtable continues to be acknowledged for its collaborative efforts to ...
The Biggert–Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 was "designed to allow premiums to rise to reflect the true risk of living in high-flood areas." [5] The bill was supposed to deal with the increasing debt of the National Flood Insurance Program by requiring the premiums to reflect real flood risks. [6]
The commission voted 8-1 to offer the Light House Collective $100,000 in a one-year grant. The resolution initially would have given the group $300,000 over a ... Hamilton County Commission amends ...
Flood management methods can be structural or non-structural: Structural flood management (i.e: flood control) is the reduction of the effects of a flood using physical solutions, such as reservoirs, levees, dredging and diversions. Non-structural flood management includes land-use planning, advanced
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City of Hamilton (Victoria), the former local government administering Hamilton. Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name.
Flood Control Act of 1928, passed in the wake of the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. FCA 1928 had three important effects. It increased public awareness of advances in flood control theory and practice. It put flood control on par with other major projects of its time with the largest public works appropriation ever authorized.