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Floodplain Management: A New Approach for a New Era
by Freitag, Bob; Bolton, Susan;... | PB | Good
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- ISBN
- 9781597266352
- Subject Area
- Nature, Architecture, Science
- Publication Name
- Floodplain Management : a New Approach for a New Era
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publisher
- Island Press
- Subject
- Urban & Land Use Planning, Life Sciences / Ecology, Natural Resources
- Publication Year
- 2009
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.5 in
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Item Weight
- 12.8 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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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.
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Publisher
Island Press
ISBN-10
1597266353
ISBN-13
9781597266352
eBay Product ID (ePID)
73214370
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Floodplain Management : a New Approach for a New Era
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Urban & Land Use Planning, Life Sciences / Ecology, Natural Resources
Publication Year
2009
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Nature, Architecture, Science
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9 in
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Width
6 in
Item Weight
12.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
Edition Number
2
LCCN
2009-009800
Lc Classification Number
Tc423.F7 2009
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A good read for the student or local official wanting to understand the range of topics making up the world of floodplain management- made interesting and real through case studies., A good read for the student or local official wanting to understand the range of topics making up the world of floodplain management-- made interesting and real through case studies., The authors help the reader to rethink flood 'problems' and 'opportunities' by posing questions that need to be answered for informed floodplain management decision-making in any context. With its analytic approach and numerous examples, this book will serve admirably as a text for anyone whose work involves floodplains., This book provides steps and processes for how we can use natural river ecosystems to reduce flood risk naturally. It also discusses ways to protect these rapidly depleting natural resources, showing how we can develop wisely, with the future in mind., This book is a brilliant, practical approach to solving the problems we cause to people, the environment and the taxpayer as we develop and re-develop in hazardous areas throughout our nation's floodplains.
Table of Content
Acknowledgements Chapter 1. Floods Are Not the Problem-Case Study: Louisa County, Iowa Chapter 2. A New Vocabulary-Case Study: Snoqualmie, Washington Chapter 3. Rivers and Floodplains-Case Study: Soldiers Grove, Wisconsin Chapter 4. Natural Processes Must Drive Solutions-Case Study: New York, New York Chapter 5. Our Relationship to Rivers-Case Study: Chicago, Illinois Chapter 6. Approaches: Structural and Nonstructural-Case Study: Buck Hollow River, Oregon Chapter 7. Capabilities and Tools-Case Study: Davenport, Iowa Chapter 8. Strategies: Work with, Not against, Rivers-Case Study: Flooding of I-5 in Washington Chapter 9. Choosing the Best Strategy-Case Study: Tulsa, Oklahoma Chapter 10. What's Next?-Case Study: Rivergrove Appendix A: National Flood Insurance Program-Case Study: Fife, WashingtonAppendix B: Floodplain Designer's Tool KitAppendix C: Further Reading
Copyright Date
2009
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Decimal
627/.4
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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