Floodway Information Study
Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
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Published: 1976
Total Pages: 44
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Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
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Published: 1976
Total Pages: 44
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2007-08-16
Total Pages: 166
ISBN-13: 0309185556
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFloodplain maps serve as the basis for determining whether homes or buildings require flood insurance under the National Flood Insurance Program run by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Approximately $650 billion in insured assets are now covered under the program. FEMA is modernizing floodplain maps to better serve the program. However, concerns have been raised as to the adequacy of the base map information available to support floodplain map modernization. Elevation Data for Floodplain Mapping shows that there is sufficient two-dimensional base map imagery to meet FEMA's flood map modernization goals, but that the three-dimensional base elevation data that are needed to determine whether a building should have flood insurance are not adequate. This book makes recommendations for a new national digital elevation data collection program to redress the inadequacy. Policy makers; property insurance professionals; federal, local, and state governments; and others concerned with natural disaster prevention and preparedness will find this book of interest.
Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Los Angeles District
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Published: 1974
Total Pages: 34
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Los Angeles District
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Published: 1974
Total Pages: 22
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 1996-10-07
Total Pages: 182
ISBN-13: 0309185491
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlluvial fans are gently sloping, fan-shaped landforms common at the base of mountain ranges in arid and semiarid regions such as the American West. Floods on alluvial fans, although characterized by relatively shallow depths, strike with little if any warning, can travel at extremely high velocities, and can carry a tremendous amount of sediment and debris. Such flooding presents unique problems to federal and state planners in terms of quantifying flood hazards, predicting the magnitude at which those hazards can be expected at a particular location, and devising reliable mitigation strategies. Alluvial Fan Flooding attempts to improve our capability to determine whether areas are subject to alluvial fan flooding and provides a practical perspective on how to make such a determination. The book presents criteria for determining whether an area is subject to flooding and provides examples of applying the definition and criteria to real situations in Arizona, California, New Mexico, Utah, and elsewhere. The volume also contains recommendations for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which is primarily responsible for floodplain mapping, and for state and local decisionmakers involved in flood hazard reduction.
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2007-09-16
Total Pages: 167
ISBN-13: 0309104092
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFloodplain maps serve as the basis for determining whether homes or buildings require flood insurance under the National Flood Insurance Program run by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Approximately $650 billion in insured assets are now covered under the program. FEMA is modernizing floodplain maps to better serve the program. However, concerns have been raised as to the adequacy of the base map information available to support floodplain map modernization. Elevation Data for Floodplain Mapping shows that there is sufficient two-dimensional base map imagery to meet FEMA's flood map modernization goals, but that the three-dimensional base elevation data that are needed to determine whether a building should have flood insurance are not adequate. This book makes recommendations for a new national digital elevation data collection program to redress the inadequacy. Policy makers; property insurance professionals; federal, local, and state governments; and others concerned with natural disaster prevention and preparedness will find this book of interest.
Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Louisville District
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Published: 1979
Total Pages: 3
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Published: 1981
Total Pages: 100
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Published: 1995
Total Pages: 188
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