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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910456613503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : Island Press, c2009
• ISBN: 1-61091-132-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (255 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): FreitagBob
• Disciplina: 627/.4
• Soggetti: Floodplain management - United States; Electronic books.
• 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.