Elevation data for floodplain mapping / Committee on Floodplain Mapping Technologies, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Floodplain Mapping Technologies.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Floodplains--United States--Maps.

Floodplains.

Digital mapping.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (167 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Floodplain maps serve as the basis for determining whether homes or buildings require flood insurance under the National Flood Insurance Program run by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Approximately $650 billion in insured assets are now covered under the program. FEMA is modernizing floodplain maps to better serve the program. However, concerns have been raised as to the adequacy of the base map information available to support floodplain map modernization. Elevation Data for Floodplain Mapping shows that there is sufficient two-dimensional base map imagery to meet FEMA's flood map modernization goals, but that the three-dimensional base elevation data that are needed to determine whether a building should have flood insurance are not adequate. This book makes recommendations for a new national digital elevation data collection program to redress the inadequacy. Policy makers; property insurance professionals; federal, local, and state governments; and others concerned with natural disaster prevention and preparedness will find this book of interest.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Flood Mapping""; ""3 FEMA'S Map Modernization Program""; ""4 Remote Sensing Technologies for Floodplain Mapping""; ""5 Assessment of Floodplain Mapping Technologies""; ""6 Conclusions and Recommendations""; ""References""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff""; ""Appendix B: Workshop Agenda and Participants""; ""Appendix C: Glossary""; ""Appendix D: Acronyms""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-123).

ISBN:

9786610941407

9780309185554

0309185556

9781280941405

1280941405

9780309668071

0309668077

OCLC:

923277559