How Localities Continually Adapt Enterprise Strategies to Manage Natural Disasters

The authors of this report delve into city-level surveys of hundreds of communities, conducted by the International City/County Managers Association, to learn firsthand what challenges face local leaders and how they prepare in advance to blunt the effects of natural disasters.  They interview dozens of local leaders for their advice and insights and then used these insights to develop a framework that can guide local leaders as they strategize ways to minimize the effects of natural disasters on their communities and economies in the future.

Sarah Beth Gehl

Sarah Beth Gehl is the Research Director of the Southern Economic Advancement Project (SEAP), a fiscally-sponsored project of the Roosevelt Institute. She has served as policy director for a gubernatorial campaign, deputy director and tax policy analyst for a state-level think tank, and nonprofit consultant focused on policy and advocacy. Gehl has taught public administration and political science courses at the University of Georgia, Georgia State University, and Agnes Scott College and holds a Ph.D.

Research Director, Southern Economic Advancement Project
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Sarah Beth Gehl is the Research Director of the Southern Economic Advancement Project (SEAP), a fiscally-sponsored project of the Roosevelt Institute. She has served as policy director for a gubernatorial campaign, deputy director and tax policy analyst for a state-level think tank, and nonprofit consultant focused on policy and advocacy. Gehl has taught public administration and political science courses at the University of Georgia, Georgia State University, and Agnes Scott College and holds a Ph.D. in public policy through a joint program at Georgia Institute of Technology and Georgia State University.