Losing Ground
Nolon, John / Rodriguez, Daniel![Losing Ground](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/234/23460356/CHSBZCOP0323460356.jpg)
America builds on the edge of disaster prone areas on seashores and rivers, next to highly flammable forests, and in valuable wetlands. The property rights and the investment-backed expectations of land owners stand as key hurdles to the use of government regulation to mitigate disasters.