From flood control to integrated water resource management : lessons for the Gulf Coast from flooding in other places in the last sixty years /

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The loss of life and devastation in the Gulf coast region of the United States following the hurricane season of 2005 has led to considerable debate about what should be done and not done in recovering from the damage and mitigating the consequences of future floods. This document reports the experi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kahan, James P.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Monica, CA : Rand, 2006.
Colección:Occasional paper (Rand Corporation) ; OP-164.
Temas:
Floods > Case studies.
Emergency management > Case studies.
Disaster relief > Case studies.
Inondations > Études de cas.
Secours aux victimes de catastrophes > Études de cas.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Civil > Flood Control.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Environmental Policy.
Disaster relief.
Emergency management.
Floods.
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:The loss of life and devastation in the Gulf coast region of the United States following the hurricane season of 2005 has led to considerable debate about what should be done and not done in recovering from the damage and mitigating the consequences of future floods. This document reports the experiences of four major floods since 1948 (two in the United States, one in the Netherlands, and one in China), to draw lessons for the Gulf coast restoration effort. The authors conclude that (1) attending to history leads to mitigating the potential damage of floods even when major floods are few and.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xix, 46 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 41-46).
ISBN:9780833042798
0833042793

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