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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kahan, James P.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Santa Monica, CA : Rand, 2006.
Series:Occasional paper (Rand Corporation) ; OP-164.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. Introduction
  • ch. 2. Four recent historical examples
  • ch. 3. Synthesis of the lessons from the case studies
  • ch. 4. Lessons for the aftermath of Katrina.
  • Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures and Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One
  • Introduction; To Control or Not to Control; The Cycle of Restoration; Learning from Past Cycles; Chapter Two
  • Four Recent Historical Examples; Vanport; Zeeland; The Mississippi; Yangtze; Chapter Three
  • Synthesis of the Lessons from the Case Studies; Planning; Detection; Preparation; First Response; Reconstruction; Compensation; Learning and Implementing Lessons; Chapter Four
  • Lessons for the Aftermath of Katrina; An Overview of Katrina; Lessons from History; Final Observations; Bibliography.

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