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Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
The 100-year Base Flood Standard and the Floodplain Management Executive Order
Author: A Unified National Program for Floodplain Management
Author: United States. Interagency Task Force on Floodplain ManagementPublisher:
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Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Prepared by the Interagency Task Force on Floodplain Management. Includes National Flood Insurance Program.
Regulatory Program of the United States Government
Author: United States. Office of Management and BudgetPublisher:
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Category : Administrative agencies
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
Further Advice on Executive Order 11988
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Category : Floodplain management
Languages : en
Pages : 80
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.
Floodplain Management
Author: Bob FreitagPublisher: 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.
The Report of the President's Commission on Housing
Author: United States. President's Commission on HousingPublisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Flood Resistant Design and Construction
Author: American Society of Civil EngineersPublisher: ASCE Publications
ISBN:
Category : Building, Stormproof
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Standard ASCE/SEI 24-05 provides minimum requirements for flood-resistant design and construction of structures located in flood hazard areas.
Federal Register
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Category : Delegated legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 570
Book Description
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