Author: Merwin D. Dougal
Publisher: Iowa State Press
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 300
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Flood Plain Management, Iowa's Experience
Author: Merwin D. Dougal
Publisher: Iowa State Press
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Publisher: Iowa State Press
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 300
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Flood Damage Prevention
Author: John W. Weathers
Publisher:
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Category : Flood damage prevention
Languages : en
Pages : 72
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Publisher:
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Category : Flood damage prevention
Languages : en
Pages : 72
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Flood Plain Management
Author:
Publisher:
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Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 38
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Publisher:
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Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 38
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Selected Water Resources Abstracts
Author:
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Category : Hydrology
Languages : en
Pages : 878
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Publisher:
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Category : Hydrology
Languages : en
Pages : 878
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Report
Author: United States. Office of Water Resources Research
Publisher:
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Category : Water conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 692
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 692
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Water-resources Investigations Report
Author:
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Category : Hydrology
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hydrology
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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Flood Insurance Study
Author: United States. Federal Insurance Administration
Publisher:
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Category : Black Hawk County (Iowa)
Languages : en
Pages : 30
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Publisher:
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Category : Black Hawk County (Iowa)
Languages : en
Pages : 30
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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.
Urban Water Planning
Author: Herbert Alfred Swenson
Publisher:
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Category : Water resources development
Languages : en
Pages : 390
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Publisher:
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Category : Water resources development
Languages : en
Pages : 390
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Library System Book Catalog Holdings as of July 1973
Author: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Library Systems Branch
Publisher:
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Category : Environmental protection
Languages : en
Pages : 748
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Environmental protection
Languages : en
Pages : 748
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