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"Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Flood Insurance Rate Maps portray the height and extent to which flooding is expected to occur, and they form the basis for setting flood insurance premiums and regulating development in the floodplain. As such, they are an important tool for individu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency, United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on FEMA Flood Maps
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2009.
Temas:
Floods > United States > Maps.
Floodplain management > United States.
Flood forecasting > United States > Maps.
Aerial photography in watershed management > United States.
Floodplains > Monitoring > United States > Maps.
Plaines inondables > Gestion > États-Unis.
Photographie aérienne en gestion des bassins hydrographiques > États-Unis.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Limnology.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Hydrology.
Aerial photography in watershed management
Flood forecasting
Floodplain management
Floodplains > Monitoring
Floods
United States
Maps
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgment of Reviewers
  • Contents
  • Summary
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Flood Mapping and Flood Insurance
  • 3. Elevation and Height Data
  • 4. Inland Flooding
  • 5. Coastal Flooding
  • 6. Benefits and Costs of Accurate Flood Mapping
  • 7. Mapping and Risk Communication: Moving to the Future
  • References
  • Appendixes
  • Appendix A: Methods for Estimating Base Flood Elevations in Approximate Studies
  • Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members
  • Appendix C: Glossary
  • Appendix D: Acronyms and Abbreviations.

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