Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
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Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 376
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Buffalo Bayou and tributaries, Texas
Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
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Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 376
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Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 376
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Buffalo Bayou and Tributaries Feasibility Report and Flood Damage Prevention
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 710
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Languages : en
Pages : 710
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Buffalo Bayou and Tributaries, Sims Bayou Interim Report
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Languages : en
Pages : 656
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Languages : en
Pages : 656
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Buffalo Bayou and Tributaries, Flood Protection for Houston, Tex.: Letter from the Secretary of the Army Transmitting a Letter from the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, Dated June 18, 1952, Submitting an Interim Report...on a Survey....This Interim Report is Submitted Under the Authority of Resolutions of the Committee on Flood Control and Committee on Public Works, House of Representatives, Adopted on July 16, 1945, and April 20, 1948...
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Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Buffalo Bayou and Tributaries, White Oak Bayou, Texas
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Category : Buffalo Bayou (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 88
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Category : Buffalo Bayou (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 88
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Floodplain Management
Author: Bob Freitag
Publisher: Island Press
ISBN: 1610911326
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Island Press
ISBN: 1610911326
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
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.
Upper White Oak Bayou, Buffalo Bay and Tributaries Flood Damage Protection
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 114
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Languages : en
Pages : 114
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Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009
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Category : Budget
Languages : en
Pages : 1276
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Category : Budget
Languages : en
Pages : 1276
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Report of the Chief of Engineers
Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
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Category : Harbors
Languages : en
Pages : 5134
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Category : Harbors
Languages : en
Pages : 5134
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Energy and Water Development Appropriations for 2001
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
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Category : Energy development
Languages : en
Pages : 412
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Category : Energy development
Languages : en
Pages : 412
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