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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823343703321

Titolo

Dam and levee safety and community resilience [[electronic resource] ] : a vision for future practice / / Committee on Integrating Dam and Levee Safety and Community Resilience ; Committee on Geological and Geotechnical Engineering ; Board on Earth Sciences and Resources

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2012

ISBN

0-309-25617-8

1-283-63621-2

0-309-25615-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (171 p.)

Disciplina

627.8

Soggetti

Dam safety - United States

Levees - Safety measures - United States

Dams - Management - United States

Levees - Management - United States

Emergency management

Dam safety - Law and legislation - United States

Engineering

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. 133-140).

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Community Characteristics and Improving Community Resilience""; ""3 Current Dam and Levee Infrastructure, Management, and Governance""; ""4 Vision and Conceptual Framework for Resilience-Focused Engagement""; ""5 Tools for Building Resilience""; ""6 Conclusions""; ""References""; ""List of Acronyms""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A: Committee Biographies""; ""Appendix B: Meeting Agendas""

""Appendix C: Laws, Policies, and Guidelines Driving Dam and Levee Safety in the United States""