2012-05-24T14:52:46Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/flooding.html http://www.rand.org/publications/randreview/issues/2012/spring/publisher.html May 14, 2012 May 14, 2012

In the spring 2012 issue of RAND Review, RAND president Michael Rich writes, "Since its founding in 1970, PRGS has trained generations of policy leaders. ... The school exhorts students and faculty to 'be the answer' in addressing policy challenges in our communities and around the world."

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2012/05/11/RAND.html May 11, 2012 May 11, 2012

RAND President and CEO Michael Rich writes about how RAND computer models and empirical analyses are helping protect and restore the Louisiana coast.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9612.html Sep 23, 2011 Sep 23, 2011

Describes how nonstructural measures — such as incentives for home elevation, incentives for relocation to lower-risk areas, and restrictions on the use of floodplain land — can make New Orleans less vulnerable to storm surge.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP284.html Oct 20, 2010 Oct 20, 2010

Five years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, neither the federal government nor the private sector is any closer to developing effective solutions to the problems facing flood and windstorm insurance.

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2010/10/20.html Oct 20, 2010 Oct 20, 2010

Five years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, neither the federal government nor the private sector is any closer to developing effective solutions to the problems facing flood and windstorm insurance.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9558.html Oct 8, 2010 Oct 8, 2010

In light of what occurred after Katrina and the other 2004-2005 hurricanes, the authors propose goals for an effective Gulf Coast residential insurance market and highlight policy reforms that warrant consideration for achieving those goals.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD262.html Apr 20, 2010 Apr 20, 2010

<p>Considers proposals to augment the existing flood-damage protection system in New Orleans with &ldquo;nonstructural&rdquo; risk mitigation programs focused on single-family homes.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9270.html Jun 18, 2007 Jun 18, 2007

This research brief summarizes a study that found that the private insurance industry underwrites residential flood insurance in a limited but important niche, protecting more homes, responding to lender and borrower needs, and reducing lender costs.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR468.html May 2, 2007 May 2, 2007

<p>The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) provides the majority of flood insurance on U.S. residential properties. While insurance agents sell nearly all NFIP policies through private insurance companies, the U.S. government still underwrites them. Flood insurance is also available from private insurers that underwrite it themselves. This report provides information about the size of the private market and compares private with NFIP policies.</p>

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2006/10/23.html Oct 23, 2006 Oct 23, 2006

October 23, 2006 News Release: RAND Report Stresses Importance of Advanced Planning for Flood Recovery.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP164.html Oct 23, 2006 Oct 23, 2006

<p>Experience shows that communities recover fastest from major floods when all levels of government and the private sector work together to prepare coordinated response plans ahead of time.</p>

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2006/03/13.html Mar 13, 2006 Mar 13, 2006

RAND news release: RAND Study Says Few Homeowners Buy Flood Insurance When It Is Not Required

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9176.html Mar 3, 2006 Mar 3, 2006

This research brief assesses the nationwide market penetration rate of the Federal Emergency Management Agency-administered National Flood Insurance Program, identifies the contributing factors, and summarizes the benefits of increasing this rate.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR300.html Feb 21, 2006 Feb 21, 2006

<p>Only about half of homeowners living in some of the most flood-prone areas of the United States buy federal flood insurance, leaving millions of families at risk for severe financial losses when floods strike.</p>

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2004/09/16/TP.html Sep 16, 2004 Sep 16, 2004

Published commentary by RAND staff.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR143.html Dec 31, 1992 Dec 31, 1992

<p>This report examines the consequences of alternative policies for providing flood protection to the non-tidal branches of the Rijn and the Maas rivers in the Netherlands. It is the only English language volume in a set of volumes produced by a consortium of research organizations that conducted this policy study.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P7816.html Dec 31, 1992 Dec 31, 1992

This paper describes a portion of a study performed for the Dutch Minister of Transport, Public Works, and Water Management that examined the consequences of alternative policies for providing flood protection to the non-tidal branches of the Rijn an...

http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P7325.html Dec 31, 1986 Dec 31, 1986

A storm surge barrier and two additional dams have been built across the Eastern Scheldt estuary in the Netherlands. The storm surge barrier can be closed during severe storms to provide flood protection for the adjacent areas. The storm surge barrie...

http://www.rand.org/pubs/notes/N1500z17.html Dec 31, 1980 Dec 31, 1980

This volume describes models that PAWN developed and used to estimate the change in safety, as measured by the probability of flooding, which would result from these tactics.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM4238.html Dec 31, 1964 Dec 31, 1964

A study to estimate some upper bounds on the magnitude of the flood problem in the postattack environment. It suggests that they can be estimated by considering the maximum floods that have already occurred, for, if large floods do occur, their sever...