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Beitrag : News Release: EPA Provides Tool to Help Communities Become More Flood Resilient URL : http://soziokulturfuturist.wordpress.com/2014/07/08/news-release-epa-provides-tool-to-help-communities-become-more-flood-resilient/ Verfasst : 2014/07/08 um 17:05 Verfasser : hirnwellenreiter Kategorien : Science Feed CONTACT: Enesta Jones (News Media Only) jones.enesta 202-564-7873 202-564-4355 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 8, 2014 EPA Provides Tool to Help Communities Become More Flood Resilient Smart growth approaches can help communities prepare for and recover from disaster WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a new tool today to help communities prepare for, deal with and recover from floods. The Flood Resilience Checklist offers strategies that communities can consider, such as conserving land in flood-prone areas; directing new development to safer areas; and using green infrastructure approaches, such as installing rain gardens, to manage stormwater. “Flooding from major storms has cost lives and caused billions of dollars in damage,” said EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy. “With climate change, storms are likely to become even more powerful in many regions of the country. Where and how communities build will have long-term impacts on their flood resilience, and on air and water quality and health and safety. This checklist will help flood-prone communities think through these issues and come up with the solutions that work best for them.” The checklist is part of a new report, Planning for Flood Recovery and Long-Term Resilience in Vermont: Smart Growth Approaches for Disaster-Resilient Communities. The report is a product of EPA’s year-long Smart Growth Implementation Assistance project in Vermont where EPA worked with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and state agencies, including the Agency of Commerce and Community Development, to help communities recover from Tropical Storm Irene. Although the project focused on Vermont, the policy options and checklist in the report can help any community seeking to become more flood resilient. As part of the Smart Growth Implementation Assistance project, FEMA and EPA also supported the development of Vermont State Agency Policy Options, a report that provides more detailed suggestions for how Vermont state agencies can coordinate their efforts to plan for, respond to, and recover from floods. EPA will host a webinar on lessons learned from the Vermont project on Wednesday, August 13. The webinar will feature speakers from FEMA, the state of Vermont, and the Mad River Valley Planning District. View the tool and the report: http://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/sgia_communities.htm ( http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTQwNzA4LjMzODI0NjAxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE0MDcwOC4zMzgyNDYwMSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2ODYyMzgzJmVtYWlsaWQ9Ym9ndTc4NnNpamlAcG9zdC53b3JkcHJlc3MuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1ib2d1Nzg2c2lqaUBwb3N0LndvcmRwcmVzcy5jb20mZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&100&&&http://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/sgia_communities.htm ) Learn about the Smart Growth Implementation Assistance Program: http://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/sgia.htm ( http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTQwNzA4LjMzODI0NjAxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE0MDcwOC4zMzgyNDYwMSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2ODYyMzgzJmVtYWlsaWQ9Ym9ndTc4NnNpamlAcG9zdC53b3JkcHJlc3MuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1ib2d1Nzg2c2lqaUBwb3N0LndvcmRwcmVzcy5jb20mZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&101&&&http://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/sgia.htm ) Learn about the webinar: http://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/webinars/index.html ( http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTQwNzA4LjMzODI0NjAxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE0MDcwOC4zMzgyNDYwMSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2ODYyMzgzJmVtYWlsaWQ9Ym9ndTc4NnNpamlAcG9zdC53b3JkcHJlc3MuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1ib2d1Nzg2c2lqaUBwb3N0LndvcmRwcmVzcy5jb20mZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&102&&&http://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/webinars/index.html ) View images on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/usepagov/sets/72157633206541248/ ( http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTQwNzA4LjMzODI0NjAxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE0MDcwOC4zMzgyNDYwMSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2ODYyMzgzJmVtYWlsaWQ9Ym9ndTc4NnNpamlAcG9zdC53b3JkcHJlc3MuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1ib2d1Nzg2c2lqaUBwb3N0LndvcmRwcmVzcy5jb20mZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&103&&&https://www.flickr.com/photos/usepagov/sets/72157633206541248/ ) Download Vermont State Agency Policy Options: http://accd.vermont.gov/sites/accd/files/Documents/strongcommunities/cpr/VT-StateAgencyPolicyOptionsFINAL_web.pdf ( http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTQwNzA4LjMzODI0NjAxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE0MDcwOC4zMzgyNDYwMSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2ODYyMzgzJmVtYWlsaWQ9Ym9ndTc4NnNpamlAcG9zdC53b3JkcHJlc3MuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1ib2d1Nzg2c2lqaUBwb3N0LndvcmRwcmVzcy5jb20mZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&104&&&http://accd.vermont.gov/sites/accd/files/Documents/strongcommunities/cpr/VT-StateAgencyPolicyOptionsFINAL_web.pdf ) Find more resources on EPA’s new Disaster Recovery and Resilience page: http://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/disaster-recovery-resilience.htm ( http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTQwNzA4LjMzODI0NjAxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE0MDcwOC4zMzgyNDYwMSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2ODYyMzgzJmVtYWlsaWQ9Ym9ndTc4NnNpamlAcG9zdC53b3JkcHJlc3MuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1ib2d1Nzg2c2lqaUBwb3N0LndvcmRwcmVzcy5jb20mZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&105&&&http://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/disaster-recovery-resilience.htm ) and on the State of Vermont’s Plan Today for Tomorrow’s Flood page: http://accd.vermont.gov/strong_communities/opportunities/planning/resiliency ( http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTQwNzA4LjMzODI0NjAxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE0MDcwOC4zMzgyNDYwMSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2ODYyMzgzJmVtYWlsaWQ9Ym9ndTc4NnNpamlAcG9zdC53b3JkcHJlc3MuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1ib2d1Nzg2c2lqaUBwb3N0LndvcmRwcmVzcy5jb20mZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&106&&&http://accd.vermont.gov/strong_communities/opportunities/planning/resiliency ) and Vermont Strong website: http://vtstrong.vermont.gov/ ( http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTQwNzA4LjMzODI0NjAxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE0MDcwOC4zMzgyNDYwMSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2ODYyMzgzJmVtYWlsaWQ9Ym9ndTc4NnNpamlAcG9zdC53b3JkcHJlc3MuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1ib2d1Nzg2c2lqaUBwb3N0LndvcmRwcmVzcy5jb20mZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&107&&&http://vtstrong.vermont.gov/ ) R164 Einen Kommentar zu diesem Beitrag schreiben: http://soziokulturfuturist.wordpress.com/2014/07/08/news-release-epa-provides-tool-to-help-communities-become-more-flood-resilient/

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