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344 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781559636964
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Island Press
Publication date: 01 May 1999
Description
In recent years, the number of presidential declarations of "major disasters" has skyrocketed. Such declarations make stricken areas eligible for federal emergency relief funds that greatly reduce their costs. But is federalizing the costs of disa...
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344 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781559636964
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Island Press
Publication date: 01 May 1999
Description
In recent years, the number of presidential declarations of "major disasters" has skyrocketed. Such declarations make stricken areas eligible for federal emergency relief funds that greatly reduce their costs. But is federalizing the costs of disa...