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8 Funding Priorities for a National Program--Realizing the Vision
Pages 98-102

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... 8.1 FEDERAL FUNDING LEVELS A comprehensive national program for addressing landslide risks requires a considerably increased level of federal funding for landslide partnership programs compared with current funding levels, and the committee believes that this ultimately will require more than the $20 million envisioned as the target budget for the USGS Landslide Hazards Program in the national strategy proposal (Spiker and Gori, 2000~. The committee recognizes the reality that national budgetary considerations will determine the total annual funding provided to implement the strategy and emphasizes that it is the distribution of total available funding 98
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From page 99...
... The landslide program funding level proposed here is equal to 20% of current earthquake funding and 5% of the EERI proposed funding level for a 20-year program of earthquake research and applications. 8.2 FUNDING PRIORITIES The committee recognizes that the program proposed here requires a substantial funding increase that, for maximum efficacy, should be phased in over several years.
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From page 100...
... The emphasis once the federal program is established would be on moving the research and guidelines toward practical application through increased emphasis on cooperative mapping programs, demonstration programs concerning mitigation measures, and enhancement of professional capabilities. Mature Funding Phase (Years 7-104- $50 million Annually.
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From page 101...
... Federal funds are not anticipated as being used, other than as part of demonstration programs, to mitigate specific landslide risks. 8.3 FUNDING ALLOCATIONS A different way of thinking about the recommended funding targets is to consider how the recommended federal funding might relate to the federal, state, local, and other partnerships that the committee envisions.
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... Hazard mitigation activities are envisioned as central to the proposed local and nongovernmental mitigation partnership. Educational outreach is envisioned as being undertaken through a variety of specialized grant programs.
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