Many people working at the agency are “aware of the historical and #structuralbias,” the recent #NAACP #report found. Yet decisions about whom to #protect from #flooding #disasters and how to do it “are structured in ways that do not always represent the needs of #lowwealth #communities of #color.”

#EastVsPaloAlto

Official #floodplain #maps, used when making important decisions about #zoning and #property #development, are #outdated and omit critical information, in particular about potential #climateimpacts. Inaccuracies and omissions from #FEMA’s dataset likely #perpetuate the under protection of high-exposure, high-vulnerability #communities

https://naacp.org/resources/turning-tide-advancing-racial-justice-federal-flood-infrastructure-projects

Turning the Tide: Advancing Racial Justice in Federal Flood Infrastructure Projects

This report serves as a tool to empower NAACP units to pursue racial justice in flood disaster preparedness and recovery.

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the agency must take a new approach that “goes beyond ‘doing no harm,’ to focus on putting the disadvantaged #communities at the front and center.” That followed legislation passed by #Congress in late 2020 known as the Water Resources Development Act, which ordered the #ArmyCorps to take a more #holistic view of #floodrisk, including #sealevelrise and rain deluges, while better engaging with coastal residents most exposed to the dangers.