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Dam and levee safety and community resilience : a vision for future practice / Committee on Integrating Dam and Levee Safety and Community Resilience ; Committee on Geological and Geotechnical Engineering ; Board on Earth Sciences and Resources.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dam safety--United States.
- Dam safety.
- Levees--Safety measures--United States.
- Levees.
- Dams--Management--United States.
- Dams.
- Levees--Management--United States.
- Emergency management.
- Dam safety--Law and legislation--United States.
- Engineering.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (171 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Although advances in engineering can reduce the risk of dam and levee failure, some failures will still occur. Such events cause impacts on social and physical infrastructure that extend far beyond the flood zone. Broadening dam and levee safety programs to consider community- and regional-level priorities in decision making can help reduce the risk of, and increase community resilience to, potential dam and levee failures. Collaboration between dam and levee safety professionals at all levels, persons and property owners at direct risk, members of the wider economy, and the social and environmental networks in a community would allow all stakeholders to understand risks, shared needs, and opportunities, and make more informed decisions related to dam and levee infrastructure and community resilience. Dam and Levee Safety and Community Resilience: A Vision for Future Practice explains that fundamental shifts in safety culture will be necessary to integrate the concepts of resilience into dam and levee safety programs.
- Contents:
- ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Community Characteristics and Improving Community Resilience""; ""3 Current Dam and Levee Infrastructure, Management, and Governance""; ""4 Vision and Conceptual Framework for Resilience-Focused Engagement""; ""5 Tools for Building Resilience""; ""6 Conclusions""; ""References""; ""List of Acronyms""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A: Committee Biographies""; ""Appendix B: Meeting Agendas""
- ""Appendix C: Laws, Policies, and Guidelines Driving Dam and Levee Safety in the United States""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-140).
- ISBN:
- 9780309256179
- 0309256178
- 9781283636216
- 1283636212
- 9780309256155
- 0309256151
- OCLC:
- 810218057
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