TITLE
"Federal Disaster Assistance to State and Local Governments:
A Critical Analysis,"
Journal of Insurance Issues, Power, Fred B.
and E. Warren Shows, 1985, Vol. VIII, No. 2: 90-100.
ABSTRACT
Natural calamities have been causing mankind havoc for ages. Hurricanes,
tornadoes, riverine flooding, earthquakes and a number of lesser
extreme events have wrought death and destruction worldwide. In
the United States, disasters have historically elicited an outpouring
of sympathy and material aid, revealing a fundamental desire to
quickly restore economic health to a stricken area.
The purposed of this paper is to critically examine the operation
of the Federal Disaster Act of 1950 as mended by the Disaster
Relief Act of 1974, a program of financial disaster relief, which
has evolved in the United States primarily for state and local
government.
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