Community and Individual Disaster Resilience for Floods: Options for Improving Protective Action Guidance

by Rachel Steratore, Aaron Clark-Ginsberg, Shoshana R. Shelton

Effective risk communication is necessary to reduce the billions of dollars in damage and hundreds of fatalities that occur yearly due to floods in the United States. This report presents (1) a framework for informing an overall communication strategy and (2) processes for message development and dissemination of protective action flood guidance for diverse U.S. communities, ultimately reducing loss of life and property.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1977410324
• ISBN13: 9781977410320
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: RAND Corporation
• Length: 88 Pages
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.0" x 10.0"