Author: United States. Federal Emergency Management AgencyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drainage
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Reducing Damage from Localized Flooding
Author: United States. Federal Emergency Management AgencyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drainage
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Reducing Damage from Localized Flooding
Author: Reducing Damage from Localized Flooding
Author: United States. Federal Emergency Management AgencyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drainage
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Framing the Challenge of Urban Flooding in the United States
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 030948961X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 101
Book Description
Flooding is the natural hazard with the greatest economic and social impact in the United States, and these impacts are becoming more severe over time. Catastrophic flooding from recent hurricanes, including Superstorm Sandy in New York (2012) and Hurricane Harvey in Houston (2017), caused billions of dollars in property damage, adversely affected millions of people, and damaged the economic well-being of major metropolitan areas. Flooding takes a heavy toll even in years without a named storm or event. Major freshwater flood events from 2004 to 2014 cost an average of $9 billion in direct damage and 71 lives annually. These figures do not include the cumulative costs of frequent, small floods, which can be similar to those of infrequent extreme floods. Framing the Challenge of Urban Flooding in the United States contributes to existing knowledge by examining real-world examples in specific metropolitan areas. This report identifies commonalities and variances among the case study metropolitan areas in terms of causes, adverse impacts, unexpected problems in recovery, or effective mitigation strategies, as well as key themes of urban flooding. It also relates, as appropriate, causes and actions of urban flooding to existing federal resources or policies.
Subdivision Design and Flood Hazard Areas
Author: James SchwabPublisher:
ISBN: 9781611901870
Category : Dwellings
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Sustainability, resilience, and climate change are top of mind for planners and floodplain managers. For subdivision design, those ideas haven't hit home. The results? Catastrophic flood damage in communities across the country. This PAS Report is out to end the cycle of build-damage-rebuild and bring subdivision design into line with the best of floodplain planning. Readers will get the tools they need to save lives, protect property, and lay the foundation for a better future.
Homeowner's Guide to Retrofitting
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ISBN:
Category : Flood damage prevention
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Engineering Principles and Practices for Retrofitting Flood-Prone Residential Structures
Author: Guidelines for Flood Damage Reduction
Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Sacramento DistrictPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Alluvial Fan Flooding
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309185491
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Alluvial fans are gently sloping, fan-shaped landforms common at the base of mountain ranges in arid and semiarid regions such as the American West. Floods on alluvial fans, although characterized by relatively shallow depths, strike with little if any warning, can travel at extremely high velocities, and can carry a tremendous amount of sediment and debris. Such flooding presents unique problems to federal and state planners in terms of quantifying flood hazards, predicting the magnitude at which those hazards can be expected at a particular location, and devising reliable mitigation strategies. Alluvial Fan Flooding attempts to improve our capability to determine whether areas are subject to alluvial fan flooding and provides a practical perspective on how to make such a determination. The book presents criteria for determining whether an area is subject to flooding and provides examples of applying the definition and criteria to real situations in Arizona, California, New Mexico, Utah, and elsewhere. The volume also contains recommendations for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which is primarily responsible for floodplain mapping, and for state and local decisionmakers involved in flood hazard reduction.
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