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CHAPTER 2
LITERATURE REVIEW
A disaster is a social event, regardless of cause, where people are affected by a hazard
resulting in loss of life and property to the point of overwhelming local resources (Mileti, 1999).
To reduce these losses, communities engage in a range of mitigation activities. The Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) defines mitigation as reducing "loss of life and
property by minimizing the impact of disasters" (FEMA, 2020). These mitigation efforts are
typically considered either structural (e.g., construction of dams or levees to control water flow)
or non-structural (e.g., land use regulations or relocation to control human proximity to a hazard)
and guided by government policies at the federal and local levels (Godschalk et al., 1999).
The United States of America takes a tiered approach to governance and hazard
management. The Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution grants powers to state and local
governments that are not explicitly granted to the federal government (U.S. Const. Amend. X,
1791). For example, the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act
(1988) allows for the federal government to provide funding assistance for mitigation projects
while local and state authorities ultimately decide how to implement the projects within confines
of the program (FEMA, 2017). Some states place additional requirements beyond the stated
federal guidelines, which has resulted in a variation of plan quality and overall mitigation policy
(Berke et al., 2012). There is a moral obligation to review the interplay of individual federal,
state, and local mitigation policies for all individuals that could be impacted. This is especially
true for historically underrepresented populations to ensure fair representation and treatment
because they are disproportionately impacted by disasters (Fothergill et al., 2002).4
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Warren, Robyn (Robyn C.). Divided-Tenure, Divided Recovery: How Policy and Land Tenure Shape Disaster Recovery for Mobile Homeowners, thesis, August 2021; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1833499/m1/9/?rotate=270: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .