Elevated Residential Structures
Elevated Residential Structures

Author: Federal Emergency

Publisher: The Minerva Group, Inc.

Published: 2003-12-29

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9781410210562

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This manual is for designers, developers, builders, and others who wish to build elevated residential structures in flood-prone areas prudently. Contents: Environmental and Regulatory Factors Site Analysis and Design Architectural Design Examples Design and Construction Guidelines Cost Analysis Resource Materials

Subdivision Design and Flood Hazard Areas
Subdivision Design and Flood Hazard Areas

Author: James Schwab

Publisher:

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781611901870

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Sustainability, resilience, and climate change are top of mind for planners and floodplain managers. For subdivision design, those ideas haven't hit home. The results? Catastrophic flood damage in communities across the country. This PAS Report is out to end the cycle of build-damage-rebuild and bring subdivision design into line with the best of floodplain planning. Readers will get the tools they need to save lives, protect property, and lay the foundation for a better future.

Retrofitting for Flood Resilience
Retrofitting for Flood Resilience

Author: Edward Barsley

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-02-25

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 1000703797

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This book educates and introduce readers to the ways in which we can adapt to the threat of flooding throughout the built and natural environment. It offers advice on how to better understand the nature of flood risk, whilst highlighting the key approaches and principles necessary for developing community and property-level flood resilience. As a comprehensive and practical manual, this book includes richly illustrated diagrams on a variety of concepts and strategies to use when designing for flood resilience. It is vital resource for anyone looking to adapt to the threat of flood risk. Highly practical handbook for architects, students, engineers, urban planners and other built environment professionals Richly illustrated with practical examples and case studies Draws on research with the Cabinet Office, Environment Agency & Local Community as well as input from academic and industry experts, homeowners and residents of communities at risk of flooding.