Author: United States. Interagency Task Force on Floodplain Management
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Prepared by the Interagency Task Force on Floodplain Management. Includes National Flood Insurance Program.
A Unified National Program for Floodplain Management
Author: United States. Interagency Task Force on Floodplain Management
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Prepared by the Interagency Task Force on Floodplain Management. Includes National Flood Insurance Program.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Prepared by the Interagency Task Force on Floodplain Management. Includes National Flood Insurance Program.
Flood Hazard Management and Natural Resource Protection
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
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.
The National Flood Insurance Program
Author:
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Category : Disaster relief
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Disaster relief
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Flood Hazard Management Program
Author: Massachusetts. Flood Hazard Management Program
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
A unified national program for flood plain management
Author: Water Resources Council (U.S.).
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Floodplain Management Handbook
Author: H. James Owen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
National Flood Insurance Program: Background, Challenges, and Financial Status
Author:
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1437983758
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1437983758
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Floodplain Management Plan
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781742935539
Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 99
Book Description
"The Murrumbidgee River Hay to Maude Floodplain Management Plan (the FMP) has been prepared to provide strategic guidance to the NSW Government and landholders who are involved in the management of floodwaters on the Murrumbidgee River (Hay to Maude) floodplain. The vision for the FMP is: an environment where flood risk to occupiers and users of the floodplain is minimised and flood dependent ecosystems within the floodplain and on the downstream Lowbidgee floodplain are sustained by access to floodwaters"--Page 1.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781742935539
Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 99
Book Description
"The Murrumbidgee River Hay to Maude Floodplain Management Plan (the FMP) has been prepared to provide strategic guidance to the NSW Government and landholders who are involved in the management of floodwaters on the Murrumbidgee River (Hay to Maude) floodplain. The vision for the FMP is: an environment where flood risk to occupiers and users of the floodplain is minimised and flood dependent ecosystems within the floodplain and on the downstream Lowbidgee floodplain are sustained by access to floodwaters"--Page 1.
Flood Hazard Management in Government and the Private Sector
Author: Association of State Floodplain Managers. Conference
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description