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"FEMA Faces Criticism for Increasing Risky Development Behind Levees" [1]

Changes in federal flood insurance policy, along with increased flood risks from global warming, may encourage development in the wrong places.



Evan Lehmann reports for ClimateWire January 18, 2012. [2]

Planning & Growth [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Public [5]
Source: ClimateWire [2], 01/19/2012
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/fema-faces-criticism-increasing-risky-development-behind-levees [2] http://www.eenews.net/public/climatewire/2012/01/18/1 [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/cities-towns [4] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [5] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81