Flood risk management / / Oliver P. Chin

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (129 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.34/936
• Soggetto topico: Flood damage prevention; Floodplain management; Risk assessment
• Altri autori: ChinOliver P
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT -- FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- FEMA'S FLOOD HAZARD MAPMODERNIZATION INITIATIVE* -- ABSTRACT -- BACKGROUND ON THE FEDERALFLOOD MAPPING PROGRAM -- BUDGET ISSUES -- Cost Estimates for FMMI -- FEDERAL ASSISTANCE, FMMI PARTNERSHIPS,AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH -- State, Tribal, and LocalGovernment Assistance -- FEMA Community Outreach -- Commercial Ventures and Federal Contracting -- TECHNOLOGICAL CHALLENGES -- REORGANIZATION OF FEMAAND POSSIBLE CHANGES TO THE FMMI -- Department of Homeland Security Reorganization -- Options and Alternatives Proposed for FEMA -- National Flood Mapping-Related Issues -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACRONYMS -- GLOSSARY OF FLOOD HAZARD MAPPING TERMS -- Base Flood -- Base Flood Elevation (BFE) -- Coastal Flood Hazard Area (CFHA) -- Countywide Map -- Effective Map -- Extraterritorial Jurisdiction -- Flood Boundary and Flood Way Map -- Flood Hazard Area/Flood Plain/Flood-Prone Area -- Flood Hazard Boundary Map (FHBM) -- Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) -- Flood Insurance Study (FIS)/Flood Hazard Study (FHS) -- Flood Plain Management -- Flood Plain Management Regulations -- Map Repository -- National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) -- National Geodetic Vertical Datum 1929,North American Vertical Datum 1988 -- Regulatory Floodway -- Riverine Flood Hazard Area -- Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) -- Undeveloped Coastal Barrier -- Water Surface Elevation -- APPENDIX -- Early Spending Authorization forFlood Map Modernization -- Establishment of the Flood Map Modernization Fund -- FMMI Budget Requests and Appropriations:FY2003-FY2006 -- REFERENCES -- PROTECTING NEW ORLEANS:FROM HURRICANE BARRIERSTO FLOODWALLS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- NEW ORLEANS HURRICANE PROTECTION -- Lake Pontchartrain Project -- Choosing Higher Levees over Inlet Barriers. ; Choosing Improved Canal Leveesand Floodwalls over Floodgates -- CURRENT ISSUES AND CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX: LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN PROJECTFEDERAL FUNDING -1965-2006 -- REFERENCES -- RISK ANALYSIS FOR FLOOD DAMAGEREDUCTION STUDIES* -- APPENDIX AEXAMPLE DISPLAYS OF PROJECT ENGINEERING ANDECONOMIC PERFORMANCE RESULTSFROM RISK ANALYSIS -- FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT:FEDERAL ROLE IN INFRASTRUCTURE* -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- FEDERAL FLOOD CONTROL POLICYAND INFRASTRUCTURE -- Federal Interest -- Flood Insurance -- Flood Damage Reduction Infrastructure -- REDUCING VULNERABILITY TO THE 100-YEAR FLOOD:MINIMUM STANDARD APPROACH -- REDUCING PROPERTY DAMAGE VULNERABILITY:BENEFIT-COST ANALYSES -- REDUCING FLOOD RISK -- FLOOD MANAGEMENT ISSUESIN THE 110TH CONGRESS -- REFERENCES -- FLOOD RISK POLICY SUMMIT OFDECEMBER 2006 -- POLICY ISSUES -- OPERATIONAL ISSUES -- REFERENCES -- IMPROVING PUBLIC SAFETY -FROM FEDERAL PROTECTIONTO SHARED RISK REDUCTION -- WHERE WE ARE NOW -"THE GOVERNMENT WILL PROTECT US" -- WHERE WE NEED TO BE - "WE ARE ALLRESPONSIBLE FOR OUR SAFETY" -- WHAT WE ARE DOING NOW -- INDEX.
• Sommario/riassunto: Responsibility for flood risk management in the US is a shared responsibility between multiple Federal, State, and local government agencies with a complex set of programs and authorities. Nationally, both the US Army Corps of Engineers and the Federal Emergency Management Agency have programs to assist communities in reducing flood damages.
• Titolo autorizzato: Flood risk management
• ISBN: 1-61209-757-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910962968803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II