US Government Natural Disaster Assistance

Historical Analysis and a Proposal for the Future

Bibliographic Data

ID3898257
AuthorsBarry J Barnett
Year1999
Volume23
Issue2
Pages139-155
Publication date1999-06-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDisasters (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0361-3666 • E-ISSN: 1467-7717
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1467-7717.00110
PMID10379097
OpenAlexW2007880057
LanguageEN
Citations received7

Governments often provide grants or low-interest loans to disaster victims. Yet these programmes have proven to be quite costly. In addition, questions have been raised about associated behavioural incentives. Conceptually, government disaster insurance programmes should be more efficient, consistent and equitable than ex post facto disaster relief in the form of grants and loans. Yet the performance of government disaster insurance programmes has been mixed, at best. This article reviews the history of US federal natural disaster assistance to individuals and concludes with a recommendation for a new government role in the provision of disaster insurance

Actuarial science · Business · Economic growth · Economics · Emergency management · Environmental health · Geography · Government (linguistics · Incentive · Natural disaster · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Political science · Disaster Management and Resilience · Disaster Response and Management · Flood Risk Assessment and Management · Medicine · Law · Public Administration

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