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Government Response To Drought In The United States: With Particular Reference To The Great Plains, Donald A. Wilhite
Government Response To Drought In The United States: With Particular Reference To The Great Plains, Donald A. Wilhite
Drought Mitigation Center: Faculty Publications
Drought 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's. 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 …