Download or read book Historic Preservation Response Methodology Based on the Hurricane Katrina Model written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "At the request of FEMA, the National Park Service Cultural Resources GIS Facility created a strategy to help FEMA meet its NHPA (National Historic Preservation Act) obligations focusing on New Orleans, LA. Combining GPS and GIS tools, CRGIS constructed a methodology to identify and evaluate all potentially affected properties. Additionally it provided a means for historic preservationists to determine the historic significance of individual resources through GIS. CRGIS incorporated its draft Federal agency-wide cultural resource spatial data standards, allowing the GIS to serve additionally as a management tool, sharing data among all ... involved in the recovery"--Page v.
Download or read book Disaster Response and Planning for Libraries written by Miriam B. Kahn and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2012-02-21 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides the tools librarians need to prepare for disasters that can ruin their holdings of books, journals, audio and videotapes, and CDs, describing the steps to planning for and implementing a workable disaster response plan.
Download or read book The Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina written by and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2006 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The objective of this report is to identify and establish a roadmap on how to do that, and lay the groundwork for transforming how this Nation- from every level of government to the private sector to individual citizens and communities - pursues a real and lasting vision of preparedness. To get there will require significant change to the status quo, to include adjustments to policy, structure, and mindset"--P. 2.
Download or read book Historic preservation vs Katrina written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on Federalism and the Census and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Forming a Comprehensive Approach to Meeting the Water Resources Needs of Coastal Louisiana in the Wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Federal housing response to Hurricane Katrina hearing written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Federal housing response to Hurricane Katrina written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Financial Services and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Implementing the National Environmental Policy Act NEPA for Disaster Response Recovery and Mitigation Projects written by Linda Luther and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the aftermath of a major disaster, communities may need to rebuild, replace, or even relocate a multitude of structures. When recovery activities take place on such a large scale, compliance with any of a number of local, state, and fed. laws or reg¿s. may apply. For ex., when older buildings must be repaired or demolished, provisions of the Nat. Historic Preservation Act may need to be considered. Contents of this report: (1) Environ. Review; NEPA as an Umbrella Statute; (2) NEPA Issues Relevant to Disaster-Related Projects: Disaster-Related Projects Subject to NEPA; Agency and Applicant Roles; Categories of Action; Statutory Exemptions; Categorical Exclusions; Projects Requiring an EA or EIS; Alternative Compliance Arrangements.
Download or read book Hurricane Katrina written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Financial Services. Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit and published by United States Department of Transportati. This book was released on 2006 with total page 968 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Human Centered Built Environment Heritage Preservation written by Jeremy C. Wells and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-09-20 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human-Centered Built Environment Heritage Preservation addresses the question of how a human-centred conservation approach can and should change practice. For the most part, there are few answers to this question because professionals in the heritage conservation field do not use social science research methodologies to manage cultural landscapes, assess historical significance and inform the treatment of building and landscape fabric. With few exceptions, only academic theorists have explored these topics while failing to offer specific, usable guidance on how the social sciences can actually be used by heritage professionals. In exploring the nature of a human-centred heritage conservation practice, we explicitly seek a middle ground between the academy and practice, theory and application, fabric and meanings, conventional and civil experts, and orthodox and heterodox ideas behind practice and research. We do this by positioning this book in a transdisciplinary space between these dichotomies as a way to give voice (and respect) to multiple perspectives without losing sight of our goal that heritage conservation practice should, fundamentally, benefit all people. We believe that this approach is essential for creating an emancipated built heritage conservation practice that must successfully engage very different ontological and epistemological perspectives.
Download or read book Hurricane Katrina written by David M. Walker (au) and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2006-08 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Testimony of David Walker, Comptroller Gen. of the U.S., before the Comm. on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate. The size & strength of Hurricane Katrina resulted in one of the largest natural disasters in our nation's history. Hurricane Katrina raised major questions about our nation's readiness & ability to respond to catastrophic disasters. Hurricane Rita increased demands on an already stressed response & recovery effort by all levels of government. The two hurricanes provided a sobering picture of the overwhelming strains on response & recovery if there are back-to-back catastrophic disasters in the same area. Includes recommendations.
Download or read book Multidisciplinary Assessment of Critical Facility Response to Natural Disasters written by Adam W. Hapij and published by Amer Society of Civil Engineers. This book was released on 2011 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did the essential buildings in New Orleans perform both during and after Hurricane Katrina? With limited resources and restricted access, ASCE¿s Architectural Engineering Institute (AEI) sent a team to study five facilities in New Orleans, on December 5, 2005. Essential buildings are expected to be minimally damaged and remain operational during extreme events. How is it that, of the facilities inspected, only one performed successfully as a storm shelter during Hurricane Katrina? This report presents the findings of this investigation. It is organized into chapters addressing the performance of: ¿Mechanical/electrical/plumbing (MEP)systems ¿Building envelopes ¿Structural systems ¿Fire protection and life safety systems ¿Communication systems The final chapter of Multidisciplinary Assessment of Critical Facility Response to Natural Disasters: The Case of Hurricane Katrina presents a new approach to multi-disciplinary risk assessment. Building evaluations in the aftermath of catastrophic events should adopt and build upon the methodology in this book.
Download or read book Historic Preservation written by Michael A. Tomlan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-11-21 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This well-illustrated book offers an up-to-date synthesis of the field of historic preservation, cast as a social campaign concerned with the condition, treatment and use of the legacy of existing properties in the United States. Drawing on a wide range of research, experience and scholarship over the last fifty years, it allows us to re-think past and current ideas in preservation, challenging readers to explore how their own interests lie within the cognitive framework of the activities taking place with people who care. “Who” is involved is explored first, in such a way as to explore “why”, before examining “what” is deemed important. After that the questions of “when” and “how” to proceed are given attention. The major topics are introduced in an historical review through the mid-1980s, after which the broad intellectual basis and fundamental legal framework is provided. The economic shifts associated with major demographic changes are explored, in tandem with responses of the preservation community. A chapter is dedicated to the financial challenges and sources of revenue available in typical preservation projects, and another chapter focuses on the manner in which seeing, recording, and interpreting information provides the context for an appropriate vision for the future. In this regard, it is made clear that not all “green” design alternatives are preservation-sensitive. The advocacy battles during the last few decades provide a number of short stories of the ethical battles regarding below-ground and above ground historic resources, and the eighth chapter attempts to explain why religion has been long held at arm’s length in publicly-supported preservation efforts, when in fact, it holds more potential to regenerate existing sites than any governmental program.
Download or read book Emergency and Disaster Management Concepts Methodologies Tools and Applications written by Management Association, Information Resources and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2018-07-06 with total page 1723 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world of earthquakes, tsunamis, and terrorist attacks, emergency response plans are crucial to solving problems, overcoming challenges, and restoring and improving communities that have been affected by these catastrophic events. Although the necessity for quick and efficient aid is understood, researchers and professionals continue to strive for the best practices and methodologies to properly handle such significant events. Emergency and Disaster Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications is an innovative reference source for the latest research on the theoretical and practical components of initiating crisis management and emergency response. Highlighting a range of topics such as preparedness and assessment, aid and relief, and the integration of smart technologies, this multi-volume book is designed for emergency professionals, policy makers, practitioners, academicians, and researchers interested in all aspects of disaster, crisis, and emergency studies.
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