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Changes to the National Flood Insurance Program show the moral and political dimensions of addressing climate change

Elliott, Rebecca ORCID: 0000-0001-6983-7026 (2021) Changes to the National Flood Insurance Program show the moral and political dimensions of addressing climate change. USApp – American Politics and Policy Blog (19 Feb 2021). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

For more than 50 years, the National Flood Insurance Program has underwritten flood insurance for homes and small businesses in the US. Rebecca Elliott writes that the way the program addresses flood risk is set to change this coming October. This technical and political transformation will see a move from collective to individualized risk assessments potentially atomizing the politics of [...]

Item Type: Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/
Additional Information: © 2021 The Author(s)
Divisions: Sociology
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
J Political Science > JK Political institutions (United States)
Date Deposited: 25 Mar 2021 14:18
Last Modified: 14 Sep 2024 02:50
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/109186

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