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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789228503321

Titolo

Levees and the National Flood Insurance Program : improving policies and practices / / Committee on Levees and the National Flood Insurance Program, improving policies and practices, Water Science and Technology Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : National Academies Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

0-309-28293-4

0-309-28291-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (275 p.)

Disciplina

368.1222

Soggetti

Flood insurance

Levees

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.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Treatment of Levees Within the National Flood Insurance Program -- Moving to Flood Risk Management and a Modern Flood Risk Analysis -- Levee Analysis and Mapping Procedure -- Insuring Properties Behind Levees -- Implementing Flood Risk Management Strategies -- Understanding and Communicating Flood Risk Behind Levees -- Shared Responsibility in Moving to Flood Risk Management -- Appendixes.