Levees and the National Flood Insurance Program : improving policies and practices / Committee on Levees and the National Flood Insurance Program : Improving Policies and Practices ; Water Science and Technology Board ; Division on Earth and Life Studies ; National Research Council of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Levees and the National Flood Insurance Program, sponsoring body.

National Academies Press (U.S.), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Flood insurance.

Levees.

National Flood Insurance Program (U.S.).

Physical Description:

xvi, 258 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2013.

Contents:

Introduction

Treatment of Levees Within the National Flood Insurance Program

Moving to Flood Risk Management and a Modern Flood Risk Analysis

Levee Analysis and Mapping Procedure

Insuring Properties Behind Levees

Implementing Flood Risk Management Strategies

Understanding and Communicating Flood Risk Behind Levees

Shared Responsibility in Moving to Flood Risk Management

Appendixes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780309282901

030928290X

OCLC:

856580904