Flood Risk Management And The American River Basin
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Flood Risk Management And The American River Basin
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Author : National Research Council
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 1995-10-21
Flood Risk Management And The American River Basin written by National Research Council and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-10-21 with Science categories.
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.
Improving American River Flood Frequency Analyses
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Author : National Research Council
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 1999-04-28
Improving American River Flood Frequency Analyses written by National Research Council and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-04-28 with Science categories.
Sacramento, California, has grown literally at the edge of the Sacramento and American Rivers and for 150 years has struggled to protect itself from periodic floods by employing structural and land management measures. Much of the population lives behind levees, and most of the city's downtown business and government area is vulnerable to flooding. A major flood in 1986 served as impetus for efforts by federal, state, and local entities to identify an acceptable and feasible set of measures to increase Sacramento's level of safety from American River floods. Numerous options were identified in 1991 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in a report known as the American River Watershed Investigation. Due to the controversial nature of many of the alternatives identified in that report, study participants were not able to reach consensus on any of the flood control options. In response, the Congress directed the USACE to reevaluate available flood control options and, at the same time, asked the USACE to engage the National Research Council (NRC) as an independent advisor on these difficult studies. In 1995 NRC's Committee on Flood Control Alternatives in the American River Basin issued Flood Risk Management and the American River Basin: An Evaluation. This report outlined an approach for improving the selection of a flood risk reduction strategy from the many available.
Improving American River Flood Frequency Analyses
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Author : National Research Council
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 1999-05-28
Improving American River Flood Frequency Analyses written by National Research Council and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-05-28 with Science categories.
Sacramento, California, has grown literally at the edge of the Sacramento and American Rivers and for 150 years has struggled to protect itself from periodic floods by employing structural and land management measures. Much of the population lives behind levees, and most of the city's downtown business and government area is vulnerable to flooding. A major flood in 1986 served as impetus for efforts by federal, state, and local entities to identify an acceptable and feasible set of measures to increase Sacramento's level of safety from American River floods. Numerous options were identified in 1991 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in a report known as the American River Watershed Investigation. Due to the controversial nature of many of the alternatives identified in that report, study participants were not able to reach consensus on any of the flood control options. In response, the Congress directed the USACE to reevaluate available flood control options and, at the same time, asked the USACE to engage the National Research Council (NRC) as an independent advisor on these difficult studies. In 1995 NRC's Committee on Flood Control Alternatives in the American River Basin issued Flood Risk Management and the American River Basin: An Evaluation. This report outlined an approach for improving the selection of a flood risk reduction strategy from the many available.
Managing Flood Risk
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Author : Anna Serra-Llobet
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2018-03-31
Managing Flood Risk written by Anna Serra-Llobet and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-31 with Science categories.
The past half century has seen an evolution in thinking from ‘flood control’ to ‘flood risk management’, recognizing that risk results from both hazard and vulnerability. Rather than rely only on engineering structures to reduce flood magnitude or extent, recent policies emphasize avoiding construction in flood-prone areas (or moving people from floodplains), reducing impacts on exposed populations through early warning systems, and insurance to aid in recovery. Implementing this new approach faces many challenges but also offers opportunities for synergies, as described in this book for a range of large floodplain rivers and smaller urban streams across North America and Europe. This book is unique in presenting the voices of those on the front lines of implementing a new paradigm in flood risk management, each river with a unique set of challenges and opportunities derived from its specific geography as well as differences in governance between the American and European contexts.
Floodplain Management
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Author : Nancy S. Philippi
language : en
Publisher: Academic Press
Release Date : 1996
Floodplain Management written by Nancy S. Philippi and has been published by Academic Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Emergency management categories.
Designing Water Disaster Management Policies
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Author : Chennat Gopalakrishnan
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-10-02
Designing Water Disaster Management Policies written by Chennat Gopalakrishnan and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-02 with Science categories.
This book represents a landmark effort to probe and analyze the theory and empirics of designing water disaster management policies. It consists of seven chapters that examine, in-depth and comprehensively, issues that are central to crafting effective policies for water disaster management. The author uses historical surveys, institutional analysis, econometric investigations, empirical case studies, and conceptual-theoretical discussions to clarify and illuminate the complex policy process. The specific topics studied in this book include a review and analysis of key policy areas and research priority areas associated with water disaster management, community participation in disaster risk reduction, the economics and politics of ‘Green’ flood control, probabilistic flood forecasting for flood risk management, polycentric governance and flood risk management, drought management with the aid of dynamic inter-generational preferences, and how social resilience can inform SA/SIA for adaptive planning for climate change in vulnerable areas. A unique feature of this book is its analysis of the causes and consequences of water disasters and efforts to address them successfully through policy-rich, cross-disciplinary and transnational papers. This book is designed to help enrich the sparse discourse on water disaster management policies and galvanize water professionals to craft creative solutions to tackle water disasters efficiently, equitably, and sustainably. This book should also be of considerable use to disaster management professionals, in general, and natural resource policy analysts. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Natural Resource Policy Research.
Sacramento And San Joaquin River Basins California
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Sacramento And San Joaquin River Basins California written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Flood control categories.
American River Watershed Project California
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Author : United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
American River Watershed Project California written by United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with American River Watershed (Calif.) categories.
Integrated River Basin Management For Effective Flood Risk Reduction
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Author : Phong Tran
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Integrated River Basin Management For Effective Flood Risk Reduction written by Phong Tran and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Flood control categories.
American River Watershed California
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Author : United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
American River Watershed California written by United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with American River Watershed (Calif.) categories.