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Total Pages : 100 pages
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Download or read book Riverfront Flood Protection and Development Study written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Karen M. O'Neill
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780822337737
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (377 download)
Download or read book Rivers by Design written by Karen M. O'Neill and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2006-05-03 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVA sociological history of flood control politics that examines how local and regional pro-growth interests organized to press the federal government to protect land from flooding, and how this action altered the relationship between regions and the federa/div
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Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)
Download or read book Winona Flood Control and Waterfront Development written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Joseph L. Arnold
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Total Pages : 144 pages
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Download or read book The Evolution of the 1936 Flood Control Act written by Joseph L. Arnold and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jesse M. Keenan
Publisher : New York City Economic Development Corporation
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Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Southern Manhattan Coastal Protection Study: Evaluating the Feasibility of a Multi-Purpose Levee written by Jesse M. Keenan and published by New York City Economic Development Corporation . This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Southern Manhattan Coastal Protection Study: Evaluating the Feasibility of an MPL report (the “Feasibility Study”) was conducted by a team led by ARCADIS U.S., Inc.. The team also included HR&A Advisors, Inc., FXFOWLE Architects, WXY Studio, Sive, Paget & Riesel P.C., AKRF, Inc., Ocean and Coastal Consultants, and Jesse M. Keenan (the “Study Team”). The Feasibility Study focused on an approximately 1.3-mile span of the eastern edge of Manhattan, from the Battery Maritime Building to Pier 35 (the “Study Area”). The Feasibility Study also analyzed adjacent areas that would be integral to a comprehensive flood protection solution for Southern Manhattan. The Feasibility Study concluded that: 1) An multi-protection levee (MPL) is technically feasible in the Study Area and will not induce flooding either in adjacent neighborhoods or across the East River. 2) An MPL is legally feasible within the existing regulatory framework. However, the required permitting/approvals processes will be complex and lengthy. 3) An MPL is financially feasible and could not only be self-financing, but could also help finance complementary flood protection investments in Southern Manhattan. The MPL options and conceptual development programs evaluated within the report were defined for feasibility analysis purposes; the findings within do not comprise a development proposal. The process to articulate, assess, and advance an actual development proposal for an MPL will be long and complex, and will require extensive local stakeholder engagement and coordination. The commitment to effectively address the known climate change risks must remain as the core driver of that process, especially regarding all future work that builds upon and follows up on this Feasibility Study. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5246133
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309176255
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Flood Risk Management and the American River Basin written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1995-09-21 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reviews the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (USACE) investigations of flood control options for the American River basin and evaluates flood control feasibility studies for the watershed, with attention to the contingency assumptions, hydrologic methods, and other analyses supporting the flood control options. This book provides detailed comments on many technical issues, including a careful review of the 1991 National Research Council report American River Watershed Investigation, and looks beyond the Sacramento case to broader questions about the nation's approach to flood risk management. It discusses how to utilize information available about flood hazard reduction alternatives for the American River basin, the potential benefits provided by various alternatives, the impacts of alternatives on environmental resources and ecosystems, and the trade-offs inherent in any choice among alternatives which does not lie in the realm of scientists and engineers, but in the arena of public decisionmaking.
Author : United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Federal Activities
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Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Floodplain Development Pressures and Federal Programs: Dean, L.F. Case study analysis and recommendations for the "201" wastewater treatment works program written by United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Federal Activities and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Geological Survey (U.S.)
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Total Pages : 92 pages
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Download or read book Flood-prone Areas and Land-use Planning written by Geological Survey (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bob Freitag
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 1610911326
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (19 download)
Download or read book Floodplain Management written by Bob Freitag and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2012-06-22 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A flooding river is very hard to stop. Many residents of the United States have discovered this the hard way. Right now, over five million Americans hold flood insurance policies from the National Flood Insurance Program, which estimates that flooding causes at least six billion dollars in damages every year. Like rivers after a rainstorm, the financial costs are rising along with the toll on residents. And the worst is probably yet to come. Most scientists believe that global climate change will result in increases in flooding. The authors of this book present a straightforward argument: the time to stop a flooding rivers is before is before it floods. Floodplain Management outlines a new paradigm for flood management, one that emphasizes cost-effective, long-term success by integrating physical, chemical, and biological systems with our societal capabilities. It describes our present flood management practices, which are often based on dam or levee projects that do not incorporate the latest understandings about river processes. And it suggests that a better solution is to work with the natural tendencies of the river: retreat from the floodplain by preventing future development (and sometimes even removing existing structures); accommodate the effects of floodwaters with building practices; and protect assets with nonstructural measures if possible, and with large structural projects only if absolutely necessary.
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Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Water Resources Development by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Illinois written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Federal Activities
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Total Pages : 84 pages
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Download or read book Floodplain development pressures and Federal programs written by United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Federal Activities and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : TRW Systems Group
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Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (359 download)
Download or read book A Methodology for Flood Plain Development and Management written by TRW Systems Group and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gary G. Heinrichs
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 078813499X
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (881 download)
Download or read book Community Flood Mitigation Planning Guidebook written by Gary G. Heinrichs and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1995 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meant to assist local officials, planners, zoning administrators, & consultants in developing local flood mitigation plans. Provides a comprehensive process to develop & implement a successful community-wide, ongoing flood mitigation planning program. Also serves as a reference source to the community for technical & financial assistance for planning & implementing community flood mitigation projects. Appendices: public participation strategies 7 techniques; worksheets for conducting inventories, forms, etc. Illustrated. Workbook style.
Author : Jeroen Frank Warner
Publisher : IWA Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780401124
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (84 download)
Download or read book Making Space for the River written by Jeroen Frank Warner and published by IWA Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines recent developments in river (flood) management from the viewpoint of Making Space for the River and the resulting challenges for water governance. Different examples from Europe and the United States of America are discussed that aim to ‘green’ rivers, including increasing river discharge for flood management, enhancing natural and landscape values, promoting local or regional economic development, and urban regeneration. Making Space for the River presents not only opportunities and synergies but also risks as it crosses established institutional boundaries and touches on multiple stakeholder interests, which can easily clash. Making Space for the River helps the reader to understand the policy and governance dynamics that lead to these tensions and pays attention to a variety of attempts to organize effective and legitimate governance approaches. The book helps to realize connections between policy domains, problem frames, and goals of different actors at different levels that contribute to decisive and legitimate action. Making Space for the River has an international comparative character that sheds light upon both the country-specific governance dilemmas which relate to specific state traditions and institutional characteristics of national water management, but also uncovers interesting similarities which provide us with building blocks to formulate more generic lessons about the governance of Making Space for the River in different institutional and social contexts. The authors of this book come from a variety of disciplines including public administration, town and country planning, geography and anthropology, and these different disciplines bring multiple ways of knowing and understanding of Making Space for the River programs. The book combines interdisciplinary scientific analyses of Space for the River projects and programs with practical knowing and lessons-drawing. Making Space for the River is written for both practitioners and scholars and students of environmental policy, spatial planning, land use and water management. Editors: Jeroen Warner, Assistant Professor of Disaster Studies, Wageningen University, The Netherlands. Arwin van Buuren, Associate Professor of Public Administration, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Jurian Edelenbos, Professor of Public Administration, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Author : Christine A. Klein
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1479825387
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (798 download)
Download or read book Mississippi River Tragedies written by Christine A. Klein and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2014-02-28 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read a free excerpt here! American engineers have done astounding things to bend the Mississippi River to their will: forcing one of its tributaries to flow uphill, transforming over a thousand miles of roiling currents into a placid staircase of water, and wresting the lower half of the river apart from its floodplain. American law has aided and abetted these feats. But despite our best efforts, so-called “natural disasters” continue to strike the Mississippi basin, as raging floodwaters decimate waterfront communities and abandoned towns literally crumble into the Gulf of Mexico. In some places, only the tombstones remain, leaning at odd angles as the underlying soil erodes away. Mississippi River Tragedies reveals that it is seductively deceptive—but horribly misleading—to call such catastrophes “natural.” Authors Christine A. Klein and Sandra B. Zellmer present a sympathetic account of the human dreams, pride, and foibles that got us to this point, weaving together engaging historical narratives and accessible law stories drawn from actual courtroom dramas. The authors deftly uncover the larger story of how the law reflects and even amplifies our ambivalent attitude toward nature—simultaneously revering wild rivers and places for what they are, while working feverishly to change them into something else. Despite their sobering revelations, the authors’ final message is one of hope. Although the acknowledgement of human responsibility for unnatural disasters can lead to blame, guilt, and liability, it can also prod us to confront the consequences of our actions, leading to a liberating sense of possibility and to the knowledge necessary to avoid future disasters.
Author : John Watson Alvord
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Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Relief from Floods written by John Watson Alvord and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Editorial Staff of Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN 13 : 9781573318570
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (185 download)
Download or read book Flood-Resilient Waterfront Development in New York City written by Editorial Staff of Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 2011-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Waterfronts are attractive areas for many—often competing—uses in New York City and are seen as multifunctional locations for economic, environmental, and social activities on the interface between land and water. The NYC waterfront plays a crucial role as a first line of flood defense and in managing flood risk and protecting the city from future climate change and sea-level rise. The city of New York has embarked on a climate adaptation program (PlaNYC) outlining the policies needed to anticipate the impacts of climate change. As part of this policy, the Department of City Planning is currently preparing Vision 2020: New York City Comprehensive Waterfront Plan for the over 500 miles of NYC waterfront (NYC-DCP, 2011). An integral part of the vision is to improve resilience to climate change and sea-level rise. The study presented in this volume seeks to provide guidance for advancing the goals of NYC Vision 2020 by assessing how flood insurance, flood zoning, and building code policies can contribute to waterfront development that is more resilient to climate change. NOTE: Annals volumes are available for sale as individual books or as a journal. For information on institutional journal subscriptions, please visit http://ordering.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/subs.asp?ref=1749-6632&doi=10.1111/(ISSN)1749-6632. ACADEMY MEMBERS: Please contact the New York Academy of Sciences directly to place your order (www.nyas.org). Members of the New York Academy of Science receive full-text access to the Annals online and discounts on print volumes. Please visit http://www.nyas.org/MemberCenter/Join.aspx for more information about becoming a member.
