Alaskan native villages threatened by erosion / Russell M. Trevino, editor.

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ALASKAN NATIVE VILLAGES THREATENED BY EROSION; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ALASKA BASELINE EROSION ASSESSMENT; ABBREVIATIONS; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; Summary of Findings; Appropriate Responses; 1.0. INTRODUCTION; 1.1. Study Authority; 1.2. Study Purpose and Objectives; 1.3. Related Reports and Studies; 1.4. Report Organization; 2.0. EFFORTS TO MANAGE EROSION; 2.1. Individual Communities; 2.2. State of Alaska; 2.3. Federal Agencies; 2.3.1. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; 2.3.2. Natural Resources Conservation Service; 2.4. Collaborative Efforts to Manage Erosion; 2.4.1. Newtok Planning Group.

2.4.2. Immediate Action Working Group3.0. STUDY DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY RISK RATING; 3.1. Identification of Affected Communities; 3.1.1. Technical Committee; 3.1.2. Regional Outreach, Alaska Native Tribes, and Community Coordination; 3.1.3. Identification of Communities with Erosion Issues; 3.1.4. Findings from Analysis of Community Surveys; 3.2. Assessing Community Erosion Issues; 3.2.1. Erosion Information Papers and Detailed Erosion Assessments; Detailed Erosion Assessments; Erosion Information Papers; 3.3. Rating Community Risk; 3.3.1. Risk Rating Process; Criteria Weighting Factors.

Calculation of Community Risk RatingExample; 4.0. COMMUNITY PRIORITIZATON; 4.1. Priority Category Development; 4.2. Priority Action Communities; 4.3. Monitor Conditions Communities; 5.0. APPROPRIATE RESPONSES TO EROSION; 5.1. Summary of Appropriate Responses by Priority Designation; 5.1.1. Priority Action Communities; Types of Appropriate Responses; Specific Appropriate Responses by Community; 5.1.2. Monitor Conditions Communities; 5.1.3. Minimal Erosion Communities; 5.2. Interim Measures; 5.2.1. Riverine Expedient Measures; 5.2.2. Coastal Expedient Measures.

5.3. Programs for Erosion Control Assistance5.3.1. State of Alaska; 5.3.2. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; 5.3.3. Natural Resources Conservation Service; 6.0. FLOODING RISKS; 7.0. CONCLUSIONS; 8.0. REFERENCES; End Notes; ALASKA NATIVE VILLAGES: LIMITED PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE ON RELOCATING VILLAGES THREATENED BY FLOODING AND EROSION; WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY; WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS; WHAT GAO FOUND; ABBREVIATIONS; BACKGROUND; THE FLOODING AND EROSION THREATS TO VILLAGES HAVE NOT BEEN COMPLETELY ASSESSED, BUT SOME THREATENED VILLAGES ARE EXPLORING RELOCATION OPTIONS.

Thirty-one Imminently Threatened Villages Have Been Identified, but the Threat Assessment Is IncompleteTwelve Imminently Threatened Villages Are Exploring Relocation Options for All of, or a Portion of, Their Existing Villages; FEDERAL DISASTER PROGRAMS HAVE PROVIDED LIMITED ASSISTANCE TO VILLAGES, AND NO COMPREHENSIVE RELOCATION PROGRAM EXISTS; FEMA Disaster Preparedness and Recovery Programs Have Provided Limited Assistance to Villages.

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