Floodplain management : a new approach for a new era /

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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 e...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Freitag, Bob
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, DC : Island Press, ©2009.
Subjects:
Floodplain management > United States.
Floodplain management > United States > Case studies.
Plaines inondables > Gestion > États-Unis.
Plaines inondables > Gestion > États-Unis > Études de cas.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Civil > Flood Control.
Floodplain management
United States
Case studies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Floods are not the problem. Case study: Louisa County, Iowa
  • A new vocabulary. Case study: Snoqualmie, Washington
  • Rivers and floodplains. Case study: Soldiers Grove, Wisconsin
  • Natural processes must drive solutions. Case study: New York, New York
  • Our relationship to rivers. Case study: Chicago, Illinois
  • Approaches: structural and nonstructural. Case study: Buck Hollow River, Oregon
  • Capabilities and tools. Case study: Davenport, Iowa
  • Strategies: work with, not against, rivers. Case study: flooding of I-5 in Washington
  • Choosing the best strategy. case study: Tulsa, Oklahoma
  • What next? case study: Rivergrove.

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