Madison County Plan
Madison County Plan

Author: Southwestern Illinois Metropolitan Area Planning Commission

Publisher:

Published: 1969

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13:

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"The document is a presentation of the land use and transportation plan for Madison County. Following the statement of assumptions, proposed goals and proposed policies, is an analysis of the projected development demand, the rationale upon which this plan was formulated. The projected development demand utilized the best available data regarding existing land use, existing and proposed transportation facilities, as well as evaluations of the extent and character of the provision of essential urban services. The resulting plan may be considered conventional in character, since it takes account of the broad range of existing financial commitments by both the public and private sectors. The plan presented is coordinated with the plan for St. Clair County. Part II of this document is a summation of the various survey and analysis elements which were utilized as data inputs for the total plan conception. The conclusions of these various elements are stated, while the detailed studies are published in separate documents. These documents are outlined in the appendix."--Preliminary page.

The Indigo Book
The Indigo Book

Author: Christopher Jon Sprigman

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2017-07-11

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 1892628023

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This public domain book is an open and compatible implementation of the Uniform System of Citation.

Framing the Challenge of Urban Flooding in the United States
Framing the Challenge of Urban Flooding in the United States

Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2019-04-29

Total Pages: 101

ISBN-13: 030948961X

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Flooding is the natural hazard with the greatest economic and social impact in the United States, and these impacts are becoming more severe over time. Catastrophic flooding from recent hurricanes, including Superstorm Sandy in New York (2012) and Hurricane Harvey in Houston (2017), caused billions of dollars in property damage, adversely affected millions of people, and damaged the economic well-being of major metropolitan areas. Flooding takes a heavy toll even in years without a named storm or event. Major freshwater flood events from 2004 to 2014 cost an average of $9 billion in direct damage and 71 lives annually. These figures do not include the cumulative costs of frequent, small floods, which can be similar to those of infrequent extreme floods. Framing the Challenge of Urban Flooding in the United States contributes to existing knowledge by examining real-world examples in specific metropolitan areas. This report identifies commonalities and variances among the case study metropolitan areas in terms of causes, adverse impacts, unexpected problems in recovery, or effective mitigation strategies, as well as key themes of urban flooding. It also relates, as appropriate, causes and actions of urban flooding to existing federal resources or policies.