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1
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Steps in the Food Chain

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Production
Distribution and processing
Access and consumption
Waste disposal

2
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National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act

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1977
Attempts to reduce earthquake-related losses through improved design and construction methods and practices, land use controls and redevelopment, prediction techniques and early-warning systems, coordinated emergency preparedness plans, and public education and involvement programs.

3
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National Flood Insurance Act

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1968
Passed as a result of the destruction caused by the Hurricane Betsy flood surge in 1965 in FL and LA.

Created National Flood Insurance Program.
The NFIP goals are two-fold:
• To provide flood insurance for structures and contents in communities that adopt and enforce an ordinance outlining minimal floodplain management standards.
• To identify areas of high and low flood hazard and establish flood insurance rates for structures inside each flood hazard area.[

4
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Coastal Barrier Resources Act

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1982
Designated undeveloped coastal barriers (islands, reefs, etc.) as ineligible for both direct and indirect federal expenditures and financial assistance, which are believed to encourage development of fragile, high-risk, and ecologically sensitive coastal barriers.

5
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Disaster Mitigation Act

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2000
Provides the legal basis for FEMA mitigation planning requirements for State, local and Indian Tribal governments as a condition of mitigation grant assistance.

Amended the Stafford Act by repealing the previous mitigation planning provisions and replacing them with a new set of requirements that emphasize the need for State, local, and Indian Tribal entities to closely coordinate mitigation planning and implementation efforts.

6
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Flood planning typically occurs at what level of government?

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National (Army Corps of Engineers)

Principle responsibility to manage flood risk across the country.

7
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National Planning

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Focuses on important federal programs and policies (transportation, housing, environmental, international)

8
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Multistate Planning

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Environmental and transportation planning

issues that transcend political boundaries

9
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State Planning

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Floodplain regulations, environmental protection.

Degree of local innovation in planning practices is promoted by Home Rule and restricted by Dillon’s Rule

10
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Sub-State Planning

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Regional issues: parks, environmental protection, transportation

11
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County Planning

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Multi-jurisdictional planning

Hazard mitigation planning, growth management, intergovernmental cooperation

12
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Urban Planning

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redevelopment/infill
traffic management
poverty
heat islands

13
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Suburban Planning

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foreclosure
sprawl
connectivity
infrastructure

14
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Rural Planning

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access to infrastructure
farm economics
small town character
consolidation of social and health services makes these less accessible to rural folk

15
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Capital Improvement BUDGET Timeline

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One year

16
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According to EnergyGuide, closing air conditioning vents in an unoccupied room can save up to ___ on cooling costs.

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10%