Subdivision Design and Flood Hazard Areas

Subdivision Design and Flood Hazard Areas
Author: James Schwab
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: Dwellings
ISBN: 9781611901870

Sustainability, resilience, and climate change are top of mind for planners and floodplain managers. For subdivision design, those ideas haven't hit home. The results? Catastrophic flood damage in communities across the country. This PAS Report is out to end the cycle of build-damage-rebuild and bring subdivision design into line with the best of floodplain planning. Readers will get the tools they need to save lives, protect property, and lay the foundation for a better future.