The 1966 Florence Flood, Part 2: Shaping Emergency Response

The 1966 flood of the Arno River had a devastating effect on the city of Florence and its people. It also had a huge and lasting effect on the field of conservation, and on disaster planning and recovery. In 2015, the University of Michigan held a symposium to mark the 50th anniversary of the event, and the proceedings are were published and are currently available to read for free online at the link below. We would like to call particular attention to the section titled "Theme Panel: Disaster Preparedness and Response" which provides an interesting look at the effect of the flood on the development of emergency response.

Flood in Florence, 1966: A Fifty-Year Retrospective - https://www.fulcrum.org/concern/monographs/08612q99n