EBookClubs

Read Books & Download eBooks Full Online

EBookClubs

Read Books & Download eBooks Full Online

Book Levees and the National Flood Insurance Program

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.

Book White Slough Section 205 Flood Control Study

Download or read book White Slough Section 205 Flood Control Study written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Review Report for Flood Control  Feather River Near Chester  California

Download or read book Review Report for Flood Control Feather River Near Chester California written by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Sacramento District and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book San Luis Rey River Flood Control Project  San Diego County

Download or read book San Luis Rey River Flood Control Project San Diego County written by and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Flood Control Program of the Department of Agriculture

Download or read book The Flood Control Program of the Department of Agriculture written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee to Study Civil Works and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Plan for Improvement of the Delta Levees

Download or read book Plan for Improvement of the Delta Levees written by California. Department of Water Resources and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Flood Control  Rivers and Harbors  Miscellaneous Projects

Download or read book Flood Control Rivers and Harbors Miscellaneous Projects written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Flood Control: Rivers and Harbors and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers (83) S. 117, (83) S. 639, (83) S. 1060, (83) S. 1286, (83) S. 1637, (83) S. 1638, (83) S. 261, (83) S. 621, (83) H.R. 4025.

Book San Lorenzo River  California  Appendices B through D

Download or read book San Lorenzo River California Appendices B through D written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Area No 8  Elsberry Flood Protection

Download or read book Area No 8 Elsberry Flood Protection written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hydraulics of the Miami Flood Control Project

Download or read book Hydraulics of the Miami Flood Control Project written by Sherman Melville Woodward and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Rio Grande de Loiza Basin  Flood Control  Survey Investigation Report

Download or read book Rio Grande de Loiza Basin Flood Control Survey Investigation Report written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Flood control projects

    Book Details:
  • Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Rivers and Harbors
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1954
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 1168 pages

Download or read book Flood control projects written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Rivers and Harbors and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 1168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: