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DOI	10.1007/s11069-021-04826-2
	Does post-disaster aid promote community resilience? Evidence from federal disaster programs
	Davlasheridze M.; Miao Q.
发表日期	2021
ISSN	0921030X
英文摘要	Climate- and weather-related disasters have become increasingly frequent and costly, resulting in substantial government spending on disaster assistance. Yet less is known about the effectiveness of disaster aid in enhancing community resilience to future disaster risks. This study examines multiple post-disaster aid programs implemented by the US federal government to support state and local governments as well as households and private businesses. Specifically, we estimate the risk-mitigating effects of these disaster-related programs by linking program spending with reported economic losses from flooding. Our empirical analysis utilizing panel data at the county level finds that low-interest disaster loans lead to the largest reduction in subsequent flooding damage, and grants targeting public infrastructure restoration and flood control measures also reduce future flooding losses. Results suggest a limited loss-mitigating effect of disaster cash aid given to private individuals. These findings provide important implications for federal disaster policy design and suggest that more efficiency gains could be realized by redistributing funds and streamlining processes across programs and agencies. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V.
关键词	Community resilience Disaster aid Disaster loans FEMA Flooding Hazard mitigation Public Assistance program
语种	英语
来源期刊	Natural Hazards
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/206178
作者单位	Department of Marine and Coastal Environmental Science, Texas A&M University at Galveston, 1001 Texas Clipper Rd, Bld# 3029, Office 362, Galveston, TX 77554, United States; Department of Public Policy, Rochester Institute of Technology, Eastman Hall 1-3242, 92 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY 14623-5604, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Davlasheridze M.,Miao Q.. Does post-disaster aid promote community resilience? Evidence from federal disaster programs[J],2021.
APA	Davlasheridze M.,&Miao Q..(2021).Does post-disaster aid promote community resilience? Evidence from federal disaster programs.Natural Hazards.
MLA	Davlasheridze M.,et al."Does post-disaster aid promote community resilience? Evidence from federal disaster programs".Natural Hazards (2021).