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Author : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
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Total Pages : 82 pages
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Download or read book Engineering and Design written by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 9781329661646
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (616 download)
Download or read book Engineering and Design - Risk-Based Analysis for Flood Damage Reduction Studies written by U. S. Army Corps of Engineers and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-11-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Risk involves exposure to a chance of injury or loss. The fact that risk inherently involves chance leads directly to a need to describe and to deal with uncertainty. Corps policy has long been (1) to acknowledge risk and the uncertainty in predicting floods and flood impacts, and (2) to plan accordingly. Historically, that planning relied on analysis of the expected long-term performance of flood-damage-reduction measures, on application of safety factors and freeboard, on designing for worst-case scenarios, and on other indirect solutions to compensate for uncertainty. These indirect approaches were necessary because of the lack of technical knowledge of the complex interaction of uncertainties in predicting hydrologic, hydraulic, and economic functions and because of the complexities of the mathematics required to do otherwise.
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309132894
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Risk Analysis and Uncertainty in Flood Damage Reduction Studies written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2000-10-20 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reducing flood damage is a complex task that requires multidisciplinary understanding of the earth sciences and civil engineering. In addressing this task the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employs its expertise in hydrology, hydraulics, and geotechnical and structural engineering. Dams, levees, and other river-training works must be sized to local conditions; geotechnical theories and applications help ensure that structures will safely withstand potential hydraulic and seismic forces; and economic considerations must be balanced to ensure that reductions in flood damages are proportionate with project costs and associated impacts on social, economic, and environmental values. A new National Research Council report, Risk Analysis and Uncertainty in Flood Damage Reduction Studies, reviews the Corps of Engineers' risk-based techniques in its flood damage reduction studies and makes recommendations for improving these techniques. Areas in which the Corps has made good progress are noted, and several steps that could improve the Corps' risk-based techniques in engineering and economics applications for flood damage reduction are identified. The report also includes recommendations for improving the federal levee certification program, for broadening the scope of flood damage reduction planning, and for improving communication of risk-based concepts.
Author : Robert H. Green
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ISBN 13 : 9780788178771
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (787 download)
Download or read book Risk-Based Analysis for Flood Damage Reduction Studies written by Robert H. Green and published by . This book was released on 1999-05-01 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes & provides procedures for risk & uncertainty for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACE) flood damage reduction studies. The guidance presented & procedures described in this manual apply to all ACE elements, major subordinate commands, labs, & field operating activities having civil works responsibilities. The procedures described herein lead to estimation of expected benefits of proposed flood damage reduction plans using risk & uncertainty analysis. Quantitative & qualitative methods of representing the likelihood & consequences of exceedance of the capacity of selected measures are also included. Illustrated.
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Total Pages : 732 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)
Download or read book Workshop on Risk-based Analysis for Flood Damage Reduction Studies, 18-21 October 1994, Omaha, Nebraska written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 : 9781423572626
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (726 download)
Download or read book Risk-Based Analysis for Flood Damage Reduction Studies written by and published by . This book was released on 1996-08-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This manual describes and provides procedures for risk and uncertainty for Corps of Engineers flood damage reduction studies.
Author : Earl E. Eiker
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Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)
Download or read book Risk-based Analysis for Corps Flood Project Studies written by Earl E. Eiker and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Engineering and Design: Provisions to Set Final Levee Grade for Projects Formulated Using Risk-Based Analysis written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This engineer technical letter provides guidance for establishing the final top of levee grade for flood control projects and flood damage reduction studies formulated using risk-based analysis.
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Download or read book Application of Risk-Based Analysis to Planning Reservoir and Levee Flood Damage Reduction System written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) policy is to apply risk-based analysis in the formulation and evaluation of flood damage reduction projects. These projects include dams and reservoirs, levees and flood walls, diversions, channel modifications, bypass channels, and a variety of nonstructural measures. Most projects include more than one measure, particularly projects that include reservoirs. This policy is viewed as a significant step forward in improving the basis for Corps project development. The risk-based analysis approach explicitly incorporates uncertainty of key parameters and functions into project formulation, benefits, and performance analyses. Particular focus is the impact of the uncertainty in the discharge-probability, elevation-discharge, and elevation-damage functions that represent effects of the proposed protective works. Reservoir projects that reduce flood damage result in a downstream reduction in flood frequency. This paper briefly describes the risk-based analysis approach in contrast to historical project development study methods, and presents results of a recent risk-based analysis for the American River (near Sacramento, California, USA) project studies. Comments are offered on technical issues of methods and data, communication of risk-based analysis results with local officials and the public, and project design implications of the policy.
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Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Hydrologic Engineering Analysis Concepts for Cost-shared Flood Damage Reduction Studies written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)
Download or read book Hydrologic Engineering Analysis Concepts for Cost-shared Flood Damage Reduction Studies written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 13 pages
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Download or read book Planning: Risk-Based Analysis for Evaluation of Hydrology/Hydraulics, Geotechnical Stability, and Economics in Flood Damage Reduction Studies written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This regulation provides guidance on the evaluation framework to be used in Corps of Engineers flood control and flood damage reduction studies. It is jointly promulgated by Planning and Engineering and applies to Hydrology/Hydraulic, Geotechnical, Structural, and Economic evaluations.
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Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)
Download or read book Town of Bloomsburg, Columbia County, Flood Damage Reduction Project, Integrated Feasibility Report written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
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Download or read book Hydrologic Engineering Analysis Concepts for Cost-shared Flood Damage Reduction Studies written by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jeroen Aerts
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136528938
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (365 download)
Download or read book Climate Adaptation and Flood Risk in Coastal Cities written by Jeroen Aerts and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-04 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents climate adaptation and flood risk problems and solutions in coastal cities including an independent investigation of adaptation paths and problems in Rotterdam, New York and Jakarta. The comparison draws out lessons that each city can learn from the others. While the main focus is on coastal flooding, cities are also affected by climate change in other ways, including impacts that occur away from the coast. The New York City Water Supply System, for example, stretches as far as 120 miles upstate, and the New York City Department of Environmental Protection has undertaken extensive climate assessment not only for its coastal facilities, but also for its upstate facilities, which will be affected by rising temperatures, droughts, inland flooding and water quality changes. The authors examine key questions, such as: Are current city plans climate proof or do we need to finetune our ongoing investments? Can we develop a flood proof subway system? Can we develop new infrastructure in such a way that it serves flood protection, housing and natural values?
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309282934
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (92 download)
Download or read book Levees and the National Flood Insurance Program written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2013-07-18 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration (FIMA) manages the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), which is a cornerstone in the U.S. strategy to assist communities to prepare for, mitigate against, and recover from flood disasters. The NFIP was established by Congress with passage of the National Flood Insurance Act in 1968, to help reduce future flood damages through NFIP community floodplain regulation that would control development in flood hazard areas, provide insurance for a premium to property owners, and reduce federal expenditures for disaster assistance. The flood insurance is available only to owners of insurable property located in communities that participate in the NFIP. Currently, the program has 5,555,915 million policies in 21,881 communities3 across the United States. The NFIP defines the one percent annual chance flood (100-year or base flood) floodplain as a Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA). The SFHA is delineated on FEMA's Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM's) using topographic, meteorologic, hydrologic, and hydraulic information. Property owners with a federally back mortgage within the SFHAs are required to purchase and retain flood insurance, called the mandatory flood insurance purchase requirement (MPR). Levees and floodwalls, hereafter referred to as levees, have been part of flood management in the United States since the late 1700's because they are relatively easy to build and a reasonable infrastructure investment. A levee is a man-made structure, usually an earthen embankment, designed and constructed in accordance with sound engineering practices to contain, control, or divert the flow of water so as to provide protection from temporary flooding. A levee system is a flood protection system which consists of a levee, or levees, and associated structures, such as closure and drainage devices, which are constructed and operated in accordance with sound engineering practices. Recognizing the need for improving the NFIP's treatment of levees, FEMA officials approached the National Research Council's (NRC) Water Science and Technology Board (WSTB) and requested this study. The NRC responded by forming the ad hoc Committee on Levee and the National Flood Insurance Program: Improving Policies and Practices, charged to examine current FEMA treatment of levees within the NFIP and provide advice on how those levee-elated policies and activities could be improved. The study addressed four broad areas, risk analysis, flood insurance, risk reduction, and risk communication, regarding how levees are considered in the NFIP. Specific issues within these areas include current risk analysis and mapping procedures behind accredited and non-accredited levees, flood insurance pricing and the mandatory flood insurance purchase requirement, mitigation options to reduce risk for communities with levees, flood risk communication efforts, and the concept of shared responsibility. The principal conclusions and recommendations are highlighted in this report.
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309060974
Total Pages : 121 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)
Download or read book New Directions in Water Resources Planning for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1999-04-29 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has long been one of the federal government's key agencies in planning the uses of the nation's waterways and water resources. Though responsible for a range of water-related programs, the Corps's two traditional programs have been flood damage reduction and navigation enhancement. The water resource needs of the nation, however, have for decades been shifting away from engineered control of watersheds toward restoration of ecosystem services and natural hydrologic variability. In response to these shifting needs, legislation was enacted in 1990 which initiated the Corps's involvement in ecological restoration, which is now on par with the Corps's traditional flood damage reduction and navigation roles. This book provides an analysis of the Corps's efforts in ecological restoration, and provides broader recommendations on how the corps might streamline their planning process. It also assesses the impacts of federal legislation on the Corps planning and projects, and provides recommendations on how relevant federal policies might be altered in order to improve Corps planning. Another important shift affecting the Corps has been federal cost-sharing arrangements (enacted in 1986), mandating greater financial participation in Corps water projects by local co-sponsors. The book describes how this has affected the Corps-sponsor relationship, and comments upon how each group must adjust to new planning and political realities.
