Add to ORKGDrought relief has become an expected response of the federal government to periods of widespread drought in the United States. A wide range of emergency, short-term and long-term drought programs were formulated to deal with the extreme drought of the 1930\u27s. By 1977 there were 40 separate programs administered by 16 different federal agencies. This paper traces the development of federal drought relief bureaucracy, including drought designation criteria and procedures. Two obvious deficiencies of past drought relief efforts in the United States are noted. First, drought relief organizations and programs have been hastily assembled during periods of crisis. This has resulted in reduced program effectiveness as implementation has often b...
Drought is a normal part of the climate cycle, affecting every climate regime on the planet. Drought...
During the twentieth century, governments have typically responded to drought by providing emergency...
Drought preparedness programs are considered a primary defense against drought hazards. This article...
Drought relief has become an expected response of the federal government to periods of widespread dr...
Government response to the mid-1970s drought in the United States is reviewed and evaluated with reg...
Severe and widespread drought occurred over a large portion of the United States between 1974 and 19...
Drought has been a prevalent feature of the American landscape during the latter part of the 1980s, ...
Although droughts are a frequent occurrence over much of the United States, response by state and fe...
Drought is a recurrent feature of the American landscape. Almost without exception, the occurrence o...
Federal drought relief has had an increasingly important role in the 20th century in contrast to ear...
Recent droughts, calls for action by regional, national, and international organizations, and the av...
Since 1986, the United States has experienced numerous droughts causing billions of dollars in losse...
A number of studies conducted since the late 1970s have evaluated state and federal responses to dro...
In 1998, Congress passed the National Drought Policy Act. The Act stated that this nation would bene...
Drought has had a significant impact on American agriculture. The Dust Bowl years of the 1930s came ...
Drought is a normal part of the climate cycle, affecting every climate regime on the planet. Drought...
During the twentieth century, governments have typically responded to drought by providing emergency...
Drought preparedness programs are considered a primary defense against drought hazards. This article...
Drought relief has become an expected response of the federal government to periods of widespread dr...
Government response to the mid-1970s drought in the United States is reviewed and evaluated with reg...
Severe and widespread drought occurred over a large portion of the United States between 1974 and 19...
Drought has been a prevalent feature of the American landscape during the latter part of the 1980s, ...
Although droughts are a frequent occurrence over much of the United States, response by state and fe...
Drought is a recurrent feature of the American landscape. Almost without exception, the occurrence o...
Federal drought relief has had an increasingly important role in the 20th century in contrast to ear...
Recent droughts, calls for action by regional, national, and international organizations, and the av...
Since 1986, the United States has experienced numerous droughts causing billions of dollars in losse...
A number of studies conducted since the late 1970s have evaluated state and federal responses to dro...
In 1998, Congress passed the National Drought Policy Act. The Act stated that this nation would bene...
Drought has had a significant impact on American agriculture. The Dust Bowl years of the 1930s came ...
Drought is a normal part of the climate cycle, affecting every climate regime on the planet. Drought...
During the twentieth century, governments have typically responded to drought by providing emergency...
Drought preparedness programs are considered a primary defense against drought hazards. This article...