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Title: Integrated multi-hazard mitigation in Rhode Island.
Year: 96
Program#: P1433
# Pages: 66
Abstract: Over the past year the University of Rhode Island's Coastal
Resources Center Sea Grant program and the Rhode Island Emergency Management
Agency have worked with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, various
state agencies, numerous local officials, and private industry to establish
a framework for developing proactive, multi-hazard mitigation strategies
directed at local and state governments. Prior to this effort, there was
no mechanism in Rhode Island for local and state government agencies to
work together in a proactive way to reduce damages and costs from natural
disasters. Mitigation planning will provide an opportunity for local and
state government to work together to ensure the proper placement, construction
or retrofit of residential and other structures. Building on the progress
of the past year of laying a foundation of understanding and a framework
of cooperation, the efforts of the next several years will enhance the
abilities of the public and private sectors to work toward a sustained
program of hazard mitigation, where Rhode Island can be less vulnerable
to the costly impacts of natural disasters.
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NSGD#: SCSGC-N-97-001
Title: Coastal Heritage.
Author: Tibbetts John (editor)
Year: 97
Notes: Coastal Heritage is a quarterly publication of the S.C.
Sea Grant Consortium, a state agency which employs a network of public
institutions working together to sustain our coastal resources through
research, education and extension programs.
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NSGD#: FLSGP-Z-79-051
Title: FLORIDA'S APPROACH TO HAZARD MITIGATION AND STRATEGIC POLITICAL
IMPLICATIONS OF HAZARD MITIGATION THROUGH LAND USE PRACTICES
Author: O'CONNELL DANIEL W
Year: 79
Abstract: *****NO ABSTRACT*****
Notes: IN FLSGP-W-79-003 PP. 99-102
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NSGD#: FLSGP-Z-79-054
Title: POST-DISASTER RECONSTRUCTION PLANNING: OPPORTUNITY FOR HAZARD
MITIGATION?
Author: ROSENTHAL JOHN C
Year: 79
Abstract: *****NO ABSTRACT*****
Notes: IN FLSGP-W-79-003 PP. 125-130
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NSGD#: RIU-G-97-007
Title: Multi-hazard mitigation in Rhode Island.
Author: RI Sea Grant
Year: 97
Program#: P1467
Abstract: During this century, Rhode Island has suffered losses
of both life and property from natural events such as hurricanes. To address
these risks, the Rhode Island Hazard Mitigation Project was launched in
1994. The project's goal is to develop and implement plans that will reduce
damage from natural disasters. Two pilot regions have been chosen for
the development of local hazard mitigation strategies. These plans will
then become models for the rest of the state. The program is briefly described
in this fact sheet.
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NSGD#: RIU-H-96-001
Title: Hazard mitigation for Rhode Island recreational harbor communities.
Author: Lee Virginia; Amaral Mark
Year: 96
Program#: P1436
# Pages: 49
Abstract: This document addresses the issues of local (Rhode Island)
harbor storm preparedness. It was completed by the Coastal Resources Center
at the University of Rhode Island with cooperation from several Rhode
Island waterfront municipalities and the state's coastal management agency.
The effort has produced mitigation guidance for recreational harbors.
This will be adapted into local municipal harbor management plans, and
into the State of Rhode Island coastal management framework. By creating
and adopting local hurricane mitigation plans, waterfront municipalities
will have taken a significant step towards protecting public assets.
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NSGD#: RIU-G-96-010
Title: Making a difference in reducing the risk of coastal hazards.
Year: 96
Program#: P1426
Abstract: In the past five years alone, natural hazard disasters
have caused billions of dollars of damage across the United States. Many
of these losses could have been minimized had hazard mitigation strategies
been in place before the natural disasters hit. With over 400 miles of
shoreline, Rhode Island is particularly vulnerable to coastal flooding,
as well as to other associated effects of hurricane and nor'easters. Sea
Grant's involvement in hazard mitigation programs is discussed in this
fact sheet.
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NSGD#: RIU-E-92-005
Title: Harbormaster liability: reducing risk.
Author: Amaral Mark
Citation: Harbormaster Reference Series: Module V
Year: 92
Program#: P1289
# Pages: 12
Abstract: An educational program specifically for municipal harbormasters
consists of forty hours of basic training in a wide array of topics including
first aid, law enforcement, boating safety, seamanship, mooring management,
harbor planning, environmental awareness and liability mitigation. Each
time a harbormaster goes out on patrol or makes a mooring placement decision,
the municipality for which he or she works incurs some liability. This
module provides the harbormaster and the city or town with basic information
on how to limit liability by reducing risks which occur during routine
harbor patrols including medical response, mooring management, towing,
hazard mitigation.
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NSGD#: RIU-T-97-005
Title: Strategy for reducing risks from natural hazards in Pawtucket,
Rhode Island: A multi-hazard mitigation strategy.
Author: URI Coastal Resources Center, RI Emergency Management Agency,
City of Pawtucket.
Year: 98
Program#: P1472
# Pages: 37 pages
Abstract: This hazard mitigation strategy for Pawtucket, Rhode
Island, serves as a model plan for addressing risks, including hurricanes,
floods, earthquakes, and fire, to riverine communities. The city of Pawtucket
identified risks, assessed the vulnerability of areas at risk, and examined
possible impacts from natural disasters. This document describes Pawtucket's
goals, objectives and mitigation actions and includes appendices of technical
and financial assistance for mitigation, and existing federal and state
protection systems.
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NSGD#: SCSGC-H-91-002
Title: State hazard mitigation grant program: applicants' guide.
Author: South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium
Year: 91
# Pages: 78 -URLP- http://nsgd.gso.uri.edu/hazard/scsgch91002.pdf
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Abstract: Mitigation, the proactive reduction or elimination of
losses due to natural hazards, has been practiced in various forms in
South Carolina. In the aftermath of 1989's Hurricane Hugo, a formal mitigation
program was enacted in the state to capitalize on lessons learned. Additionally,
the state has elected to formally participate in the Federal Emergency
Management Agency's Section 404 Mitigation Grant Program for the Presidential
Disaster Declarations covering Hurricane Hugo in September 1989 and the
flooding of October 1990. The 404 Mitigation Grant Program is a new program
with very limited resources in terms of detailed policy and information
provided at the national level. This pamphlet has been developed to address
this void and guide applicants through the analysis, development, and
submission procedures for funding of potential mitigation projects.
