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Release : 2009
Genre : Cultural property
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Book Synopsis Historic Preservation Response Methodology Based on the Hurricane Katrina Model by :
Download or read book Historic Preservation Response Methodology Based on the Hurricane Katrina Model written by . This book was released on 2009. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "At the request of FEMA, the National Park Service Cultural Resources GIS Facility created a strategy to help FEMA meet its NHPA (National Historic Preservation Act) obligations focusing on New Orleans, LA. Combining GPS and GIS tools, CRGIS constructed a methodology to identify and evaluate all potentially affected properties. Additionally it provided a means for historic preservationists to determine the historic significance of individual resources through GIS. CRGIS incorporated its draft Federal agency-wide cultural resource spatial data standards, allowing the GIS to serve additionally as a management tool, sharing data among all ... involved in the recovery"--Page v.