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Category : Buffalo Bayou (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 88
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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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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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Public Works for Water and Power Development and Atomic Energy Commisstion Appropriation Bill
Author: United States. Congress. House. Appropriations
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 2508
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Languages : en
Pages : 2508
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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.
Public Works for Water and Power Development and Atomic Energy Commission Appropriation Bill, 1974
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Public Works
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Category : Nuclear energy
Languages : en
Pages : 1426
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Category : Nuclear energy
Languages : en
Pages : 1426
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Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1578
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1578
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Public Works Appropriations, 1961
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations
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Category : Public works
Languages : en
Pages : 1516
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Category : Public works
Languages : en
Pages : 1516
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Hearings
Author: United States. Congress Senate
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 3042
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 3042
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Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. House
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 3182
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 3182
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Public Works Appropriations for 1969 for Water and Power Resources Development and the Atomic Energy Commission
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Public Works
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Category : Public works
Languages : en
Pages : 1688
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Category : Public works
Languages : en
Pages : 1688
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