A Methodology for Planning Land Use and Engineering Alternatives for Floodplain Management

A Methodology for Planning Land Use and Engineering Alternatives for Floodplain Management

Author: Reuben N. Weisz

Publisher:

Published: 1974

Total Pages: 382

ISBN-13:

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This research presents a computer-based scheme for evaluating land use and engineering alternatives for flood plain management and includes a test application. The management alternatives considered in the report include spatial and temporal distribution of urban land uses, site elevation through dirt fill, flood proofing, open space, public land acquisition and engineering measures. A linear programming approach is employed for the study. (Modified author abstract).


Land-Use Planning for Sustainable Development

Land-Use Planning for Sustainable Development

Author: Jane Silberstein, M.A.

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2013-10-25

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 1466581182

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Thirteen years ago, the first edition of Land-Use Planning for Sustainable Development examined the question: is the environmental doomsday scenario inevitable? It then presented the underlying concepts of sustainable land-use planning and an array of alternatives for modifying conventional planning for and regulation of the development of land. Th