Flood risk management / Oliver P. Chin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chin, Oliver P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Flood damage prevention.

Floodplain management.

Risk assessment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (129 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Responsibility for flood risk management in the US is a shared responsibility between multiple Federal, State, and local government agencies with a complex set of programs and authorities. Nationally, both the US Army Corps of Engineers and the Federal Emergency Management Agency have programs to assist communities in reducing flood damages.

Contents:

Intro

FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT

CONTENTS

PREFACE

FEMA'S FLOOD HAZARD MAPMODERNIZATION INITIATIVE*

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND ON THE FEDERALFLOOD MAPPING PROGRAM

BUDGET ISSUES

Cost Estimates for FMMI

FEDERAL ASSISTANCE, FMMI PARTNERSHIPS,AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH

State, Tribal, and LocalGovernment Assistance

FEMA Community Outreach

Commercial Ventures and Federal Contracting

TECHNOLOGICAL CHALLENGES

REORGANIZATION OF FEMAAND POSSIBLE CHANGES TO THE FMMI

Department of Homeland Security Reorganization

Options and Alternatives Proposed for FEMA

National Flood Mapping-Related Issues

CONCLUSIONS

ACRONYMS

GLOSSARY OF FLOOD HAZARD MAPPING TERMS

Base Flood

Base Flood Elevation (BFE)

Coastal Flood Hazard Area (CFHA)

Countywide Map

Effective Map

Extraterritorial Jurisdiction

Flood Boundary and Flood Way Map

Flood Hazard Area/Flood Plain/Flood-Prone Area

Flood Hazard Boundary Map (FHBM)

Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM)

Flood Insurance Study (FIS)/Flood Hazard Study (FHS)

Flood Plain Management

Flood Plain Management Regulations

Map Repository

National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)

National Geodetic Vertical Datum 1929,North American Vertical Datum 1988

Regulatory Floodway

Riverine Flood Hazard Area

Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA)

Undeveloped Coastal Barrier

Water Surface Elevation

APPENDIX

Early Spending Authorization forFlood Map Modernization

Establishment of the Flood Map Modernization Fund

FMMI Budget Requests and Appropriations:FY2003-FY2006

REFERENCES

PROTECTING NEW ORLEANS:FROM HURRICANE BARRIERSTO FLOODWALLS

INTRODUCTION

NEW ORLEANS HURRICANE PROTECTION

Lake Pontchartrain Project

Choosing Higher Levees over Inlet Barriers.

Choosing Improved Canal Leveesand Floodwalls over Floodgates

CURRENT ISSUES AND CONCLUSION

APPENDIX: LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN PROJECTFEDERAL FUNDING -1965-2006

RISK ANALYSIS FOR FLOOD DAMAGEREDUCTION STUDIES*

APPENDIX AEXAMPLE DISPLAYS OF PROJECT ENGINEERING ANDECONOMIC PERFORMANCE RESULTSFROM RISK ANALYSIS

FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT:FEDERAL ROLE IN INFRASTRUCTURE*

FEDERAL FLOOD CONTROL POLICYAND INFRASTRUCTURE

Federal Interest

Flood Insurance

Flood Damage Reduction Infrastructure

REDUCING VULNERABILITY TO THE 100-YEAR FLOOD:MINIMUM STANDARD APPROACH

REDUCING PROPERTY DAMAGE VULNERABILITY:BENEFIT-COST ANALYSES

REDUCING FLOOD RISK

FLOOD MANAGEMENT ISSUESIN THE 110TH CONGRESS

FLOOD RISK POLICY SUMMIT OFDECEMBER 2006

POLICY ISSUES

OPERATIONAL ISSUES

IMPROVING PUBLIC SAFETY -FROM FEDERAL PROTECTIONTO SHARED RISK REDUCTION

WHERE WE ARE NOW -"THE GOVERNMENT WILL PROTECT US"

WHERE WE NEED TO BE - "WE ARE ALLRESPONSIBLE FOR OUR SAFETY"

WHAT WE ARE DOING NOW

INDEX.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61209-757-X

OCLC:

698110365