Midwest Flooding Disaster : Rethinking Federal Flood Insurance.

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, a...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2008.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Flood insurance. Floods. Risk assessment. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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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.
Item Description:	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. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.