Declaring disaster : Buffalo's blizzard of '77 and the creation of FEMA / Timothy W. Kneeland.

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Kneeland, Timothy W, 1962- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2021Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (xv, 221 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780815655114
0815655118
0815611277
9780815611271

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Declaring disaster.DDC classification:

363.34/925097479709047 23

LOC classification:

HV636 1977.B84 K54 2021

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Contents:

Buffalo and snow control: from the age of mass transition to the rise of the automobile -- Buffalo and snow control in the age of the automobile -- The blizzard of '77: Buffalo's greatest disaster -- Buffalo's disaster declaration and presidential politics -- A blizzard of change: Jimmy Carter remakes emergency management -- "Grab a six pack": snow control in Buffalo after -- No thruway: automobility in decline.

Summary: "Buffalo's 1977 blizzard was the first snowstorm to be declared a disaster in US history and, in "Declaring Disaster," Kneeland offers a compelling examination of whether the 1977 storm was an anomaly or the inevitable outcome of years of city planning. From the local to the state and federal levels, Kneeland discusses governmental response and disaster relief, showing how this regional event had national implications for environmental policy and how its effects have resounded through the complexities of disaster politics long after the snow fell"-- Provided by publisher

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Buffalo's 1977 blizzard was the first snowstorm to be declared a disaster in US history and, in "Declaring Disaster," Kneeland offers a compelling examination of whether the 1977 storm was an anomaly or the inevitable outcome of years of city planning. From the local to the state and federal levels, Kneeland discusses governmental response and disaster relief, showing how this regional event had national implications for environmental policy and how its effects have resounded through the complexities of disaster politics long after the snow fell"-- Provided by publisher

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