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Water Resources and the Army Corps of Engineers: Management Activities and Safety Preparations.

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] : Nova Science Publishers, Inc. : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2016.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Preface; Chapter 1; Army Corps of Engineers: Efforts to Assess the Impact of Extreme Weather Events(; Abbreviations; Why GAO Did This Study; What GAO Recommends; What GAO Found; Background; Steps for Developing Corps Projects; The Corps' Planning and Design Process; The Corps' Operations and Maintenance; Weather-Related Data; Executive Orders to Address a Changing Climate; The Corps Considers the Potential Impact of Extreme Weather in Its Planning and Operations of Water Resources Infrastructure Projects. 
505 8 |a Corps Guidance and Initiatives Call for the Consideration of the Potential Impacts of Extreme Weather Events inthe Planning Process; The Corps Uses Water Control Manuals and Other Tools to Help Prepare for Extreme Weather; The Corps Collaborates with Key Stakeholders to Plan and Operate Water Infrastructure; The Corps Has Assessed Certain Infrastructure Projects to Prepare for Extreme Weather Events; The Corps Performs Risk Assessments on Dams and Levees but Does Not Assess Other Types of Infrastructure. 
505 8 |a The Corps Has Conducted Some Vulnerability Assessments of Water Infrastructure Projects to Prepare for Extreme Weather EventsAgency Comments and Our Evaluation; End Notes; Chapter 2; Levee Safety: Army Corps and FEMA Have Made Little Progress in Carrying Out Required Activities(; Abbreviations; Why GAO Did This Study; What GAO Recommends; What GAO Found; Background; Types of Levee Structures and Potential Failures; Corps' and FEMA's Major Levee-Related Programs; Corps' Levee Safety Program; Corps' Flood-Risk Management Program; FEMA's National Flood Insurance Program. 
505 8 |a Selected Legislation Related to Levee SafetyThe Corps and FEMA Have Made Little Progress on Key Activities under the Act, Citing Resource Constraints, and Do Not Have a Plan for Implementing the Rest; Conclusion; Recommendation for Executive Action; Agency Comments; End Notes; Chapter 3; Army Corps of Engineers: Actions Needed to Improve Cost Sharing for Dam Safety Repairs(; Abbreviations; Why GAO Did This Study; What GAO Recommends; What GAO Found; Background; The Corps' Dam Safety Repair Process; Cost Sharing Sponsors. 
505 8 |a The Corps Has Determined Cost Sharing Based on Ways in Which a Dam May Fail, but Has Not Applied One Provision That Reduces Sponsors' Cost ShareA Dam's Potential Failure Mode Drives the Corps' Decision on Cost Sharing; The Corps Consistently Determined Cost Sharing Based on Potential Failure Mode; The Corps Did Not Apply One Provision of Its Dam Safety Assurance Authority That Reduces Sponsors' Cost Share; Some Corps Districts Did Not Communicate with Sponsors or Engage Them Effectively, Potentially Reducing Payments Received from Sponsors. 
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