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Assessing Federal Research and Development for Hazard Loss Reduction
Assessing Federal Research and Development for Hazard Loss Reduction Author:Charles Meade, Megan E. Abbott The economic costs of natural hazards are escalating. Rising population in high-risk areas and our increasingly complex infrastructure further increase potential losses. The largest amount of federal funding supports research on weather hazards--especially short-term prediction--with comparatively little research on long-term loss reduction appr... more »oaches that improve the resilience of communities and infrastructure. Improving loss data and modeling and a establishing more thoughtful framework for the role of research would help policymakers formulate a more productive hazard loss reduction strategy.« less