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Floodplain management a new approach for a new era
Title
Floodplain management [electronic resource] : a new approach for a new era / Bob Freitag ... [et al.].
ISBN
9781597266345 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781597266352 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1597266353 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781610911320 (e-book)
Published
Washington, D.C. : Island Press, c2009.
Physical Description
x, 242 p. : ill., maps.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 21, 2011
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-232) and index.
Contents
Floods are not the problem. Case study: Louisa County, Iowa
A new vocabulary. Case study: Snoqualmie, Washington
Rivers and floodplains. Case study: Soldiers Grove, Wisconsin
Natural processes must drive solutions. Case study: New York, New York
Our relationship to rivers. Case study: Chicago, Illinois
Approaches: structural and nonstructural. Case study: Buck Hollow River, Oregon
Capabilities and tools. Case study: Davenport, Iowa
Strategies: work with, not against, rivers. Case study: flooding of I-5 in Washington
Choosing the best strategy. case study: Tulsa, Oklahoma
What next? case study: Rivergrove.
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