Rural Community Responses to a National Mandate
An Assessment of Floodplain Land-Use Management
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7364487 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Beverly A Cigler (0000-0003-2599-0840), Bruce Stiftel (0000-0002-0851-4538), Raymond J Burby |
| Year | 1987 |
| Publication date | 1987-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Publius The Journal of Federalism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0048-5950 • E-ISSN: 1747-7107 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubjof.a037663 |
| OpenAlex | W2324939538 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Rural governments face a difficult task in complying with the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), which requires detailed planning, land use ordinances, and effective enforcement provisions to reduce flood losses. This study analyzes responses from a national sample of officials in 852 nonmetropolitan NFIP communities and flood management officials in all fifty state governments. Rural officials perceive their overall floodplain management programs to be relatively effective in protecting future development but less effective in protecting existing structures. While flood hazard mitigation is not a high priority in rural government, the national program appears to have spurred local activity. State assistance in developing local regulations and providing information is correlated with rural officials' perceptions of meeting NFIP goals. Programs rated most effective are in communities with local regulations in force, although technical problems and local political opposition are widely acknowledged as obstacles to the development of land use measures
Business · Civil engineering · Economics · Enforcement · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Flood mitigation · Flood myth · Floodplain · Geography · Land use · Local government · Mandate · Opposition (politics · Political science · Politics · Disaster Management and Resilience · Engineering · Flood Risk Assessment and Management · Housing Market and Economics · Public Administration
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,08 |
| Citation span | 1990 - 2026 (37) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |