Flood Plain Management, Iowa's Experience
Author : Merwin D. Dougal
Publisher : Iowa State Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 12,58 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Technology & Engineering
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Author : Merwin D. Dougal
Publisher : Iowa State Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 12,58 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Technology & Engineering
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Author : Bob Freitag
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 16,50 MB
Release : 2012-06-22
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1610911326
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.
Author : James Schwab
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 10,94 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Dwellings
ISBN : 9781611901870
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.
Author : John W. Weathers
Publisher :
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 19,14 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Flood damage prevention
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Page : 38 pages
File Size : 18,22 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Flood control
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Page : 884 pages
File Size : 17,17 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Hydrology
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Page : 220 pages
File Size : 25,36 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Hydrology
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Page : 1424 pages
File Size : 15,38 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Water
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Author : Herbert Alfred Swenson
Publisher :
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 21,67 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Water resources development
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Author : United States. Federal Insurance Administration
Publisher :
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 48,9 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Davenport (Iowa)
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