Author: B.C. Tonkin & Associates
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Third Creek Floodplain Management Study
Author: B.C. Tonkin & Associates
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 42
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.
South Creek Floodplain Management Study
Author:
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Category : Floodplain management
Languages : en
Pages :
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Floodplain management
Languages : en
Pages :
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South Creek Floodplain Management Study
Author: Willing and Partners
Publisher:
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Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages :
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Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages :
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Lovers Jump Creek Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan, Flood Study Review Report
Author:
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Category : Ku-ring-gai (N.S.W.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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ISBN:
Category : Ku-ring-gai (N.S.W.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Careel Creek Floodplain Management Study
Author: Lawson and Treloar
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Careel Creek (Avalon, N.S.W.).
Languages : en
Pages :
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Careel Creek (Avalon, N.S.W.).
Languages : en
Pages :
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Mullet Creek Floodplain Management Study
Author: Webb, McKeown & Associates
Publisher:
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Category : Floodplain management
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Floodplain management
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
Lower Prospect Creek Floodplain Management Study
Author:
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ISBN:
Category : Floodplain management
Languages : en
Pages : 10
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Floodplain management
Languages : en
Pages : 10
Book Description
Blackbutt Creek Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan
Author:
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ISBN:
Category : Blackbutt Creek (Pymble, N.S.W)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Blackbutt Creek (Pymble, N.S.W)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Floodplain Management Study
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description