Dam and levee safety and community resilience : 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

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (171 p.)
• Disciplina: 627.8
• Soggetto topico: 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
• 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""
• Titolo autorizzato: Dam and levee safety and community resilience
• ISBN: 0-309-25617-8; 1-283-63621-2; 0-309-25615-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823343703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II