Dennis Smith is Planner-in-Residence at Florida State University's Department of Urban and Regional Planning. He is also the Director of the Mark & Marianne Barnebey Planning and Development Lab.

In this episode of Rolli's Experts Explain Everything podcast, Professor Smith explains the types of non-natural disasters emergency officials plan for, how the government steps in where insurance companies won't provide coverage, and if the aid local governments receive from disaster declarations can create financial dependence.

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