ASCE Calls For National Flood Risk Management Vision

— Only initiatives that balance structural and non-structural flood risk mitigation, such as natural-systems restoration, should be supported.

— The Federal Emergency Management Agency, in collaboration with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Geological Survey, should support the development of a coalition of citizens and professional and environmental non-governmental organizations, including the ASCE, to carry out a coordinated communication campaign to educate the public about its exposure to flood risks and the actions that need to be taken.

"It has to be a bottom-up and a top-down process," says Traver, "and I don't think the top-down is go to happen unless there is a bottom-up."

Consulting Editor Tom Sawyer began his journalism career at the Atlantic City Press, in N.J. The former ENR editor expanded technology coverage and devised ENR's popular annual photo contest. Tom has also written memorable special reports from disaster and war zones, often taking the lead when earthquakes and hurricanes strike. His technology, disaster and war-related reporting has involved trips to Iraq, Haiti, Japan and other countries.

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