Book Description
Investigates FHA and VA financed housing construction in areas susceptible to earthquakes, floods, mud slides, and earth faulting.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Special Studies Subcommittee
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Page : 196 pages
File Size : 34,90 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Hazardous geographic environments
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Investigates FHA and VA financed housing construction in areas susceptible to earthquakes, floods, mud slides, and earth faulting.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Government Operations
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Page : 194 pages
File Size : 49,21 MB
Release : 1969
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations
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Page : 32 pages
File Size : 15,77 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Disasters
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Author : United States. Congress. House
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Page : 1958 pages
File Size : 45,48 MB
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Category : United States
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Conservation, Energy, and Natural Resources Subcommittee
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Page : 180 pages
File Size : 15,12 MB
Release : 1975
Category : City planning and redevelopment law
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Author : U.S. Geological Survey Library
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Page : 790 pages
File Size : 18,52 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Geology
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Author : Committee on U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Research
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 91 pages
File Size : 25,49 MB
Release : 1999-01-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 030952489X
Losses of life and property in the United States-and throughout the world-resulting from hydrologic hazards, including floods, droughts, and related phenomena, are significant and increasing. Public awareness of, and federal attention to, natural disaster reduction, with a focus on mitigation or preparedness so as to minimize the impacts of such events, have probably never been greater than at present. With over three-quarters of federal disaster declarations resulting from water-related events, national interest in having the best-possible hydrologic data, information, and knowledge as the basis for assessment and reduction of risks from hydrologic hazards is clear. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) plays a variety of unique and critical roles relevant to hydrologic hazard understanding, preparedness, and response. The agency's data collection, research, techniques development, and interpretive studies provide the essential bases for national, state, and local hydrologic hazard risk assessment and reduction efforts. This work includes some of the more traditional activities of the Water Resources Division (e.g., streamflow measurement) and some of the more innovative interdisciplinary activities (e.g., hydrologic research, educational outreach, real-time data transmission, and risk communication) being pursued in cooperation with other divisions of the USGS, other federal and state agencies, and other local entities. This report aims to help shape a strategy and improve the overall framework of USGS efforts in these important areas.
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Page : pages
File Size : 24,48 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Government publications
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Page : 846 pages
File Size : 20,44 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Geology
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Author : Michael D. Hylland
Publisher : Utah Geological Survey
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 49,37 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Geology
ISBN : 1557916977
Moab Valley and the contiguous Spanish Valley comprise a popular residential and recreational area in east-central Utah. Geologic processes that created the rugged and scenic landscape of Moab-Spanish Valley are still active today and can be hazardous to property and life. To address development in areas with geologic hazards, the Utah Geological Survey (UGS) conducted a geologic-hazards investigation to provide information to Moab City and Grand County to help guide development and reduce losses from geologic hazards. This report includes maps of Moab Valley and the northern and central parts of Spanish Valley that provide information on geologic hazards to assist homeowners, planners, and developers in making informed decisions. The maps show areas where hazards may exist and where site-specific studies are advisable prior to development. The maps are for planning purposes only, and do not preclude the necessity for site investigations. Site-specific studies by qualified professionals (engineering geologists, geotechnical engineers, hydrologists) should evaluate hazards and, if necessary, recommend hazard-reduction measures. Because of the small scale of the maps, some hazard areas are not shown; hazard studies are therefore recommended for all critical facilities (for example, hospitals, schools, fire stations), including those outside the mapped hazard areas.