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Author : James E. Goddard,Aelred J. Gray
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Flood control
ISBN : UCR:31210024970632
Author : United States. Interagency Task Force on Floodplain Management
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Flood control
ISBN : UIUC:30112003195507
Prepared by the Interagency Task Force on Floodplain Management. Includes National Flood Insurance Program.
Author : Water Resources Council (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Flood control
ISBN : UOM:39015004593979
Author : Bob Freitag,Susan Bolton,Frank Westerlund,Julie Clark
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012-06-22
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781610911320
A flooding river is very hard to stop. Many residents of the United States have discovered this the hard way. Right now, over five million Americans hold flood insurance policies from the National Flood Insurance Program, which estimates that flooding causes at least six billion dollars in damages every year. Like rivers after a rainstorm, the financial costs are rising along with the toll on residents. And the worst is probably yet to come. Most scientists believe that global climate change will result in increases in flooding. The authors of this book present a straightforward argument: the time to stop a flooding rivers is before is before it floods. Floodplain Management outlines a new paradigm for flood management, one that emphasizes cost-effective, long-term success by integrating physical, chemical, and biological systems with our societal capabilities. It describes our present flood management practices, which are often based on dam or levee projects that do not incorporate the latest understandings about river processes. And it suggests that a better solution is to work with the natural tendencies of the river: retreat from the floodplain by preventing future development (and sometimes even removing existing structures); accommodate the effects of floodwaters with building practices; and protect assets with nonstructural measures if possible, and with large structural projects only if absolutely necessary.
Author : National Research Council,Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on Risk-Based Analysis for Flood Damage Reduction
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2000-10-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309132893
Reducing flood damage is a complex task that requires multidisciplinary understanding of the earth sciences and civil engineering. In addressing this task the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employs its expertise in hydrology, hydraulics, and geotechnical and structural engineering. Dams, levees, and other river-training works must be sized to local conditions; geotechnical theories and applications help ensure that structures will safely withstand potential hydraulic and seismic forces; and economic considerations must be balanced to ensure that reductions in flood damages are proportionate with project costs and associated impacts on social, economic, and environmental values. A new National Research Council report, Risk Analysis and Uncertainty in Flood Damage Reduction Studies, reviews the Corps of Engineers' risk-based techniques in its flood damage reduction studies and makes recommendations for improving these techniques. Areas in which the Corps has made good progress are noted, and several steps that could improve the Corps' risk-based techniques in engineering and economics applications for flood damage reduction are identified. The report also includes recommendations for improving the federal levee certification program, for broadening the scope of flood damage reduction planning, and for improving communication of risk-based concepts.
Author : John W. Weathers,Tennessee Valley Authority
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Flood damage prevention
ISBN : UOM:39015021082436
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Floodplain management
ISBN : UCR:31210018614097
Author : Emmy Bergsma
Publisher : Springer
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-25
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783319967165
This book deals with the introduction of a new type of “spatial measures" in flood governance. In contrast to traditional “safety measures" that aim to provide protection against floods by building structural flood defenses such as levees and flood walls, the goal of spatial measures is to reduce the exposure to flood risks by changing the spatial layout of flood-prone areas. By limiting developments and flood-proofing buildings in areas at risk to flooding, investments in structural flood defenses can be circumvented and vulnerabilities reduce. World-wide, spatial measures are gaining attractiveness as a response strategy to increasing flood risks caused by climate change and urbanization. The introduction of spatial measures in flood governance involves more than the simple development of new policies and laws. Research has demonstrated that the implementation of spatial measures can have huge implications for how costs and responsibilities are divided between different levels of governance and between public and private actors, changing the whole organization behind flood governance. Both for the effectiveness and for the legitimacy of spatial flood governance strategies, it is important that these distributive implications are well understood. This book describes the introduction of spatial measures in the context of two very different delta countries: the Netherlands and the United States. In the United States, a spatial flood governance strategy was already developed in de mid-20th century whereas in the Netherlands, a safety paradigm institutionalized over the course of the 20th century and spatial measures have only recently been introduced. By analyzing the science-policy interactions underlying the implementation of spatial measures in both countries, this book shows how under the influence of different types of experts (engineers in the Netherlands and social geographers in the United States) different spatial flood management strategies emerged with different distributive implications, each with its own challenges for effectiveness and legitimacy.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Flood control
ISBN : UIUC:30112072544130
Author : Tennessee Valley Authority. Library
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Flood control
ISBN : SRLF:A0012677589
Author : Anderson-Nichols & Company
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Flood control
ISBN : HARVARD:32044032084394
Author : David G. Arey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Disaster relief
ISBN : STANFORD:36105044278922
Author : United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Flood forecasting
ISBN : UCR:31210024816652
Author : United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Flood insurance
ISBN : IND:30000065803169
Author : H. James Owen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Flood control
ISBN : UCR:31210024816454