1.

Record Nr.

UNICAMPANIAVAN0115384

Autore

Madsen, Birger Stjernholm

Titolo

Statistics for non-statisticians / Birger Stjernholm Madsen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; Heidelberg, : Springer, 2016

Titolo uniforme

Statistik for ikke-statistikere

Edizione

[2. ed]

Descrizione fisica

XXI, 185 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Soggetti

62-XX - Statistics [MSC 2020]

62P20 - Applications of statistics to economics [MSC 2020]

62P05 - Applications of statistics to actuarial sciences and financial mathematics [MSC 2020]

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910972952903321

Titolo

Floodplain management : a new approach for a new era / / Bob Freitag ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Island Press, c2009

ISBN

9781610911320

1610911326

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FreitagBob

Disciplina

627/.4

Soggetti

Floodplain management - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-232) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Floods are not the problem. Case study: Louisa County, Iowa -- A new vocabulary. Case study: Snoqualmie, Washington -- Rivers and floodplains. Case study: Soldiers Grove, Wisconsin -- Natural processes must drive solutions. Case study: New York, New York -- Our relationship to rivers. Case study: Chicago, Illinois -- Approaches: structural and nonstructural. Case study: Buck Hollow River, Oregon -- Capabilities and tools. Case study: Davenport, Iowa -- Strategies: work with, not against, rivers. Case study: flooding of I-5 in Washington -- Choosing the best strategy. case study: Tulsa, Oklahoma -- What next? case study: Rivergrove.

Sommario/riassunto

Floodplain Management outlines a new paradigm for flood management, one that emphasizes cost-effective, long-term success by integrating physical, chemical, and biological systems with societal capabilities. It describes our present flood management practices, which are often based on dam or levee projects that do not incorporate the latest understandings about river processes. And it suggests that a better solution is to work with the natural tendencies of the river: retreat from the floodplain by preventing future development (and sometimes even removing existing structures); accommodate the effects of floodwaters with building practices; and protect assets with nonstructural measures if possible--and with large structural projects only if absolutely necessary.