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Author | : Bob Freitag |
Publisher | : Island Press |
Total Pages | : 255 |
Release | : 2012-06-22 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 1610911326 |
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.
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Total Pages | : 102 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Flood control |
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Author | : United States. Soil Conservation Service |
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Total Pages | : 62 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Flood control |
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Author | : United States. Soil Conservation Service |
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Total Pages | : 154 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Flood control |
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Prepared by United States Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service, Bismark, North Dakota for the Bottineau, McHenry, and Rolette County Water Resource Districts, Oak Creek and Willow Creek Water Resource Districts in cooperation with the North McHenry County, Rolette County, and Turtle Mountain Soil Conservation Districts, and the North Dakota State Water Commission.
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Total Pages | : 84 |
Release | : 1970 |
Genre | : Floodplain management |
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Total Pages | : 154 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Flood control |
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Total Pages | : 106 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Flood control |
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Author | : National Research Council |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 166 |
Release | : 2007-08-16 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0309185556 |
Floodplain maps serve as the basis for determining whether homes or buildings require flood insurance under the National Flood Insurance Program run by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Approximately $650 billion in insured assets are now covered under the program. FEMA is modernizing floodplain maps to better serve the program. However, concerns have been raised as to the adequacy of the base map information available to support floodplain map modernization. Elevation Data for Floodplain Mapping shows that there is sufficient two-dimensional base map imagery to meet FEMA's flood map modernization goals, but that the three-dimensional base elevation data that are needed to determine whether a building should have flood insurance are not adequate. This book makes recommendations for a new national digital elevation data collection program to redress the inadequacy. Policy makers; property insurance professionals; federal, local, and state governments; and others concerned with natural disaster prevention and preparedness will find this book of interest.
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Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Flood control |
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Publisher | : FEMA |
Total Pages | : 78 |
Release | : 1980 |
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