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Record Nr.

UNINA9910709696203321

Autore

Waananen Arvi O.

Titolo

Flood-prone areas and land-use planning : selected examples from the San Francisco Bay region, California / / by A. O. Waananen [and four others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington : , : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, , 1977

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 75 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

Geological Survey professional paper ; ; 942

Soggetti

Floodplain ecology - California - San Francisco Bay Area

Flood control - California - San Francisco Bay Area

Flood damage prevention - California - San Francisco Bay Area

Land use - California - San Francisco Bay Area

Regional planning - Environmental aspects - California - San Francisco Bay Area

Flood control

Flood damage prevention

Floodplain ecology

Land use

Regional planning - Environmental aspects

California San Francisco Bay Area

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed October 14, 2014).

Also available online in PDF format from the U.S. Geological Survey Warehouse (http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/).

"Jointly supported by the U. S. Geological Survey and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, as part of a program to develop and apply earth-science information in support of land-use planning and decisionmaking."

"This report is a product of the San Francisco Bay Region Environment and Resources Planning Study, an experimental program designed to facilitate the use of earth-science information in regional planning and decisionmaking."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 68-70).



Nota di contenuto

Floods and the flood plain / A.O. Waananen -- Delineation of flood plains / J.T. Limerinos -- Flood-loss prevention and reduction measures / W.J. Kockelman -- Planning for flood-loss reduction / W.E. Spangle and M.L. Blair -- Governmental organization for flood-loss reduction in the San Francisco Bay region / M.L. Blair and W.E. Spangle -- Planning for flood-loss reduction in the Napa Valley / M.L. Blair.