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Book Risk Analysis and Uncertainty in Flood Damage Reduction Studies

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.

Book Flood Damage Assessment Using Cost Benefit Analysis

Download or read book Flood Damage Assessment Using Cost Benefit Analysis written by Nor Azliza Akbar and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2012-02 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is intended to provide guidelines to engineer, town planner, economic analyst, researcher and authority on how to evaluate the efficiency of flood control schemes using cost-benefit analysis. As flood control project is very expensive, it is crucial to decide on which projects should be implemented in order to gain the most economical solution. The decision making process is based on the projects that provide highest benefit-cost ratio and maximum net benefit. By using this book, one will understand the basics of flood: hydrology, mitigation and implication. The method to assess the damages and the cost-benefit analysis technique are also described in details. Finally, a case study is shown as an example, in order to ensure that the readers will fully understand the necessary steps to calculate the cost-benefit parameters. Case study presented in this book is limited to the locality of the author. However, the readers can always perform another analysis, based on their local condition. By using combination of basic knowledge and case study in this book, the readers can develop their own tools to determine the cost-benefit parameters.

Book Flood Damage Analysis Package Description User Guidance and Example

Download or read book Flood Damage Analysis Package Description User Guidance and Example written by Robert Carl and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Flood Damage Analysis Package document describes and illustrates the use of a set of linked hydrologic and economic computer programs developed by the Hydrologic Engineering Center (HEC). The programs are linked through data transfer provided automatically by the HEC Data Storage System. The programs collectively provide capability for flood damage analysis for the full range of sturctural and nonstructural flood plain management measures. Originator-supplied keywords: Flood damage analysis, Water resources planning, Project economics, Benefit-cost analysis, Flood control benefits, Inundation reduction benefits.

Book Analytical Methods and Approaches for Water Resources Project Planning

Download or read book Analytical Methods and Approaches for Water Resources Project Planning written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2004-09-30 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analytical Methods and Approaches for Water Resources Project Planningis part of a larger study that was conducted in response to a request from the U.S. Congress in the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 for the National Academy of Sciences to review the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer's peer review methods and analytical approaches. This report reviews the Corps' analytical procedures and planning methods, largely in the context of the federal Economic and Environmental Principles and Guidelines for Water and Related Land Resources Implementation Studies, also known as the Principles and Guidelines or "P and G" (P&G), as well as the Corps' Planning Guidance Notebook (PGN).

Book Benefit cost Analysis for Water Resource Projects

Download or read book Benefit cost Analysis for Water Resource Projects written by Tennessee Valley Authority. Division of Navigation Development and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Improvements Needed in Making Benefit cost Analyses for Federal Water Resources Projects Department of Agriculture Department of the Army Department of the Interior Tennessee Valley Authority

Download or read book Improvements Needed in Making Benefit cost Analyses for Federal Water Resources Projects Department of Agriculture Department of the Army Department of the Interior Tennessee Valley Authority written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Revisions recommended for the benefit cost analysis for the planned Tomahawk Lake Project in Kansas Corps of Engineers Civil functions Department of the Army

Download or read book Revisions recommended for the benefit cost analysis for the planned Tomahawk Lake Project in Kansas Corps of Engineers Civil functions Department of the Army written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Planning Guidance Notebook

Download or read book Planning Guidance Notebook written by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Civil Works Directorate. Planning Division and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Notebook replaces 93 planning regulations, circulars, manuals, and pamphlets with six regulations and 4 pamphlets.

Book New Directions in Water Resources Planning for the U S Army Corps of Engineers

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 1999-03-29 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.

Book An Overview of Benefit cost Analysis for Water Resources Projects

Download or read book An Overview of Benefit cost Analysis for Water Resources Projects written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Analysis of Methods for Flood Damage Estimates Used in Assessing Mitigation Efforts

Download or read book Analysis of Methods for Flood Damage Estimates Used in Assessing Mitigation Efforts written by Rachel Shrader and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The frequency and magnitude of flooding is increasing and putting human lives and property at risk around the world. There are numerous tools used to help manage the risk in federal agencies' projects. The Army Corps of Engineers developed Flood Damage Reduction Analysis (HEC-FDA) software, FEMA developed the Benefit-Cost Analysis (BCA) toolkit, and each agency uses their respective model to produce economic damage estimates for natural hazards. Previous research that compares how the two models perform has not been found in the literature. A comparison of the model estimates is necessary to determine whether the same flood mitigation techniques would be applied with either agency. A major difference between the models is that HEC-FDA is only for river flooding, whereas BCA can be used to evaluate other natural hazards as well. Each model can produce an output of estimated damages for a particular flood event, such as the 1 percent or 0.2 percent annual chance exceedance flood event. There may be a difference in the model outputs because of the different damage curves used in each model. Then, based on the flood damage estimation reports, a benefit-cost ratio (BCR) is computed for each structure affected by the flood to determine feasibility of a flood mitigation project. To compare model results the same data were run through the two models, and a comparison of the BCR was analyzed. The results show variability in benefit cost ratios between HEC-FDA and the BCA toolkit; however, 90 percent of the structure inventory's BCR indicated the same mitigation method selection, and the statistical tests show that the two modeling programs' outputs are not statistically different.

Book An Overview of Benefit cost Analysis for Water Resources Projects

Download or read book An Overview of Benefit cost Analysis for Water Resources Projects written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: