Sustainability Initiative (FEMA)
Sustainability Initiative (FEMA) :
"The goal of the sustainability initiative is to reduce the potential for disaster losses and to help communities realize opportunities to implement sustainable redevelopment during the recovery process... FEMA's sustainability initiative began formally in November 1998 when the Associate Director for Mitigation encouraged Regional Directors to set up a sustainable redevelopment function in DFOs (see Appendix I). The Associate Director proposed the establishment of a sustainability desk as part of the mitigation function in DFOs and/or Disaster Recovery Centers (DRCs). Two pilot efforts were undertaken in Ohio and West Virginia flood declarations (FEMA-DR-1227-OH and FEMA-DR-1229- WV)". (FEMA, Rebuilding for A More Sustainable Future: An Operational Framework, November 1, 2000, p. 1-2, 1-3)
