Management Of The Wisconsin River Floodplain Ecosystem
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Floodplain Management
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.
Sustaining the Ecological Integrity of Large Floodplain Rivers
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 25 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Aquatic ecology |
ISBN | : |
In July 1994, the Environmental Management Technical Center (EMTC), with the assistance and support of several federal, state, and private organizations, hosted the international conference "Sustaining the ecological integrity of large floodplain rivers : application of ecological knowledge to river management." The conference provided an opportunity for 500 scientists and natural resource managers to discuss the world's large rivers, the processes that control their structure and function, their ecological integrity, and the ways in which that integrity has been impacted by human activities. Twenty countries were represented at the conference. The conference was followed by a workshop that focused on applying the principles of ecological integrity to the management of the Upper Mississippi River system (UMRS).
The Lower Wisconsin
Author | : United States. National Park Service |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 174 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : Wild and scenic rivers |
ISBN | : |
Floodplain Management Study Pine River, Waushara County, Wisconsin
Author | : United States. Soil Conservation Service |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Flood control |
ISBN | : |