Flood Hazard Management: British and International Perspectives
Flood Hazard Management: British and International Perspectives

Author: John W Handmer

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 1987-06-30

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 0203210654

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In some important respects floodplain management and flood hazard research is different in Britain from that in other countries. This collection of papers from a conference provides some comparisons. It covers urban flooding, institutions and policy, land use policy, hazard response, and project appraisal and risk assessment.

National Economic Development Benefits for Nonstructural Measures
National Economic Development Benefits for Nonstructural Measures

Author: William D. Carson

Publisher:

Published: 1980

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13:

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The purpose of this document is to assist Corps of Engineers field office personnel in evaluation of NED benefits for nonstructural measures by use of economic concepts, interpretation of regulatory procedural documents and numeric examples. The report is intended to be used as a guide in NED benefit analysis studies of nonstructural measures. It describes the applicability of different benefit classifications (inundation, intensification and location) with respect to implementation of various nonstructural measures. Narrative examples and summary tables for quick reference are contained in the main body of the text and numeric examples displaying simplified computations are contained in an appendix. (Author).