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5 Loss Reduction Strategies
Pages 60-72

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From page 60...
... The National Landslide Hazards Mitigation Strategy proposal (Spiker and Gori, 2000) acknowledged that a successful strategy must include a mitigation component and that mitigation activities are generally undertaken by state and local governments, private businesses, and individuals.
From page 61...
... 5.1 IMPLEMENTATION OF LOSS REDUCTION MEASURES The loss reduction measures suggested in the National Landslide Hazard Mitigation Strategy proposal (Spiker and Gori, 2000) , presented above, form part of the range of items that should be considered in a comprehensive national loss reduction program.
From page 62...
... The center also hosts an annual workshop attended by a broad spectrum of federal, state, and local officials involved in natural disaster mitigation; academic researchers; and representatives of professional and nongovernmental organizations. As noted earlier, most local governments do not have landslide hazard maps, and communities usually look to a higher level of government for mapping.
From page 63...
... Considerable information already exists that describes current engineering and construction approaches to mitigating landslide hazards. This information must be assembled and analyzed so that the major needs for the development of new engineering solutions to landslide problems can be identified.
From page 64...
... Local regulations not only must require detailed landslide hazard mapping, but must ensure that the quality of hazard mapping meets appropriate standards of care. Such standards for hazard mapping and interpretation must be spelled out in local regulations, and the maps and reports prepared on behalf of a developer should be peer-reviewed by a qualified geologist on behalf of the jurisdiction.
From page 65...
... Institutionalization of such requirements in local regulations will help ensure that geological hazard mapping is used effectively. Model standards of care should be developed as a component of the national strategy to assist in the administration of local regulations, and an ultimate goal of partnership activity in this area would be incorporation of model standards of care into the Uniform Building Code and other building codes.
From page 66...
... has often been cited as a model that could be applied to landslide hazards, and in fact there have been instances in which the NFIP has covered damage caused by mudslides. In this program, the federal government produces maps of areas that are subject to flooding across the nation.
From page 67...
... This can be critically important because in many developments, the homeowner association actually assumes the responsibility for maintenance of major areas and facilities that are owned in common by the association. 5.3 INFORMATION COLLECTION, INTERPRETATION, DISSEMINATION, AND ARCHIVING The proposed National Landslide Hazards Mitigation Strategy incorporates a plan for information collection, interpretation, dissemination, and archiving (Spiker and Gori, 2000~.
From page 68...
... The proposed national strategy will collect a large quantity of information that must be interpreted correctly and translated into usable products, and then effectively disseminated to users. The information must also be archived in a manner that will permit ease of access by interpreters and users at all levels and also will ensure permanent future access.
From page 69...
... Information Collection. An extensive program of information collection
From page 70...
... To provide incentives for local users to participate, a program of local grants and cost-sharing is needed. At present, the Federal Highway Administration has programs for disseminating technical information and providing financial aid to states in applying that information, and the USGS National Landslide Information Center has an active program for distributing landslide information to the public, researchers, and planners and to local, state, and federal agencies.
From page 71...
... · C ordinate n d work In padaership with federal' stab, tribal and local government agencies academia' and the private sector to ~'cjently and cost-effectively collect:; integrate, maintain, disseminate, and pre$ewe spatial data', building upon local data wherever possible. · $uppod emergency response activities requiring spatial dam in accordance with provisions of the Sword Act arid other governing legislation.
From page 72...
... The USGS could locate regional landslide data repositories at each of its regional libraries, and each state geological survey or other lead agency participating in the program should secure a special section in its state library for archiving landslide information. These collections of archived information should be made readily available to users at all levels.


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