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Languages : en
Pages : 284
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Cedar River Section 205 Flood Damage Reduction Study, Renton, King County
Centralia Flood Damage Reduction Project, Chehalis River, General Reevaluation Study
Risk Analysis and Uncertainty in Flood Damage Reduction Studies
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309071364
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Reducing flood damage is a complex task that requires multidisciplinary understanding of the earth sciences and civil engineering. In addressing this task the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employs its expertise in hydrology, hydraulics, and geotechnical and structural engineering. Dams, levees, and other river-training works must be sized to local conditions; geotechnical theories and applications help ensure that structures will safely withstand potential hydraulic and seismic forces; and economic considerations must be balanced to ensure that reductions in flood damages are proportionate with project costs and associated impacts on social, economic, and environmental values. A new National Research Council report, Risk Analysis and Uncertainty in Flood Damage Reduction Studies, reviews the Corps of Engineers' risk-based techniques in its flood damage reduction studies and makes recommendations for improving these techniques. Areas in which the Corps has made good progress are noted, and several steps that could improve the Corps' risk-based techniques in engineering and economics applications for flood damage reduction are identified. The report also includes recommendations for improving the federal levee certification program, for broadening the scope of flood damage reduction planning, and for improving communication of risk-based concepts.
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309071364
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Reducing flood damage is a complex task that requires multidisciplinary understanding of the earth sciences and civil engineering. In addressing this task the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employs its expertise in hydrology, hydraulics, and geotechnical and structural engineering. Dams, levees, and other river-training works must be sized to local conditions; geotechnical theories and applications help ensure that structures will safely withstand potential hydraulic and seismic forces; and economic considerations must be balanced to ensure that reductions in flood damages are proportionate with project costs and associated impacts on social, economic, and environmental values. A new National Research Council report, Risk Analysis and Uncertainty in Flood Damage Reduction Studies, reviews the Corps of Engineers' risk-based techniques in its flood damage reduction studies and makes recommendations for improving these techniques. Areas in which the Corps has made good progress are noted, and several steps that could improve the Corps' risk-based techniques in engineering and economics applications for flood damage reduction are identified. The report also includes recommendations for improving the federal levee certification program, for broadening the scope of flood damage reduction planning, and for improving communication of risk-based concepts.
Centralia Flood Damage Reduction, Skookumchuck Dam
Yakima/Union Gap Flood Damage Reduction, Yakima River Basin, Columbia River and Tributaries
Analysis of Interior Flood Damage Reduction Measures, Napa River, Napa, CA.
Energy and Water, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2007
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water, and Related Agencies
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Category : Energy development
Languages : en
Pages : 1916
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Publisher:
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Category : Energy development
Languages : en
Pages : 1916
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Energy and Water, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2007: Justifications: Dept. of the Army, Corps of Engineers
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water, and Related Agencies
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Category : Energy development
Languages : en
Pages : 1920
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Publisher:
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Category : Energy development
Languages : en
Pages : 1920
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Energy and Water, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year ...
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations
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Category : Energy development
Languages : en
Pages : 1916
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Energy development
Languages : en
Pages : 1916
Book Description