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- Title
- Land Use Management and Regulation in Hazardous Areas: A Research Assessment.
- File
- PB261546.pdf
- Author(s)
- Baker, E. J.; McPhee, J. G.
- Source
- National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Research Applied to National Needs., January 1975, 141 p.
- Abstract
- The purpose of the Natural Hazards Series is to: (1) provide a more nearly balanced and comprehensive basis for judging the probable social utility of allocation of funds and personnel of various types of research on natural hazards, and (2) stimulate a more systematic appraisal of research needs. The analysis examines the complex set of interactions between social systems and natural systems which create hazards from the extreme geophysical events. Each hazard is discussed in terms of its physical characteristics as well as its impact upon society. This part of the series responds to a recurrent theme in dealing with all of the natural hazards: the potential of land use management to promote socially desirable uses of vulnerable areas in the United States. The following chapter headings reveal the scope of this study: managing hazardous areas, defining appropriate land management, legal considerations, alternative levels and techniques for managing land use, social forces and the interaction of adjustments, and research opportunities.
- Keywords
- Geophysics; Urban sociology; Emergency preparedness; Hurricanes; Regulations; Land use; Landslides; Land development; Research; Disasters; Floods; Disaster relief; Management; Weather forecasting; Warning systems; Earthquakes