The U.S. federal government provides funds for disaster response and recovery for both individuals and public entities. However, federal assistance is limited, and financial gaps remain. In this report, authors document programs and products that som...Lasīt vairāk
This report examines properties with multiple losses insured by the National Flood Insurance Program and the communities in which they are located to help inform decisionmaking relevant to floodplain management, flood insurance, and mitigati...Lasīt vairāk
Researchers offer ways the Federal Emergency Management Agency could simplify or amend the required benefitcost analysis process in applications for hazard mitigation assistance to be more inclusive of lower-resourced communities....Lasīt vairāk
The federal Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program can help develop community resilience through mitigation activities that emphasize equity goals alongside reduction of risk to physical assets, as described in this...Lasīt vairāk
For this report, researchers examined state and local financial risk management practices, the role that the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Public Assistance program plays in these practices, and options for closing the insu...Lasīt vairāk
Puerto Rico’s housing sector needs a big fix. Through a careful analysis of housing damage caused by the 2017 hurricanes, the authors make informed recovery recommendations for policymakers so they can repair and rebuild safe and a...Lasīt vairāk
Melissa L Finucane, Amanda F Edelman, Aaron Clark-Ginsberg, Andrew M Parker, Alejandro U Becerra-Ornelas, Noreen Clancy, Rajeev Ramchand, Tim Slack, Vanessa Parks, Lynsay Ayer...
In this report, the authors explore how communities, government officials, nongovernmental organizations, businesses, and scientists can build community resilience to large oil spills....Lasīt vairāk
RAND researchers assessed federal agencies implementation of the Infrastructure Resilience Guidelines, written by the Presidential Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force to ensure key principles of resilience when investing appropriated f...Lasīt vairāk
This report examines dimensions of the changing flood insurance environment in New York City and explores the consequences for the citys residents and businesses....Lasīt vairāk
Examines the relationship between fair value accounting and historical cost accounting and systemic risk to the financial system, including the role that the accounting approaches played in the 2008 financial crisis....Lasīt vairāk
The Global Methane Initiative (GMI) is a voluntary international partnership that promotes methane recovery and reuse activities in developing and transition economies. The U.S. Department of State requested an evaluation of the act...Lasīt vairāk
Lynn E. Davis, Zhimin Mao, Debra Knopman, Michael D. Greenberg, Laurel E. Miller, Abby Doll, Paul Steinberg, Bruce R. Nardulli, Tom LaTourrette, Noreen Clancy...
Finding ways to safely store and ultimately dispose of nuclear waste remains a matter of considerable debate. This volume describes the steps needed to design a new, single-purpose organization to manage and dispose of commercial an...Lasīt vairāk
This report explores the extent to which hedge funds create or contribute to systemic risk, the role they played in the financial crisis, and whether and how the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer...Lasīt vairāk
In an effort to increase the availability and affordability of insurance for catastrophic events, the Catastrophe Obligation Guarantee Act was introduced in Congress in 2009. One of the arguments in support of this provision is that it lowers insurer...Lasīt vairāk
This report addresses the conceptual basis, design, and implementation of the National Environmental Performance Track program. The voluntary program sought to encourage facilities to improve their environmental performance and provide a more collabo...Lasīt vairāk
The Treasury Executive Office for Asset Forfeiture (TEOAF) administers the Treasury Forfeiture Fund (TFF), which is the receipt account for the deposits of nontax forfeitures that result from law-enforcement actions against criminal enterprises, such...Lasīt vairāk
Chinas Tianjin Binhai New Area and the Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area commissioned a technology-foresight study to help them plan for economic growth. The authors recommend seven emerging technology applications (TAs) solar energy,...Lasīt vairāk
