Flood Damages

Author : Eunice Andrada
Publisher : Giramondo Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1925336662
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Flood Damages written by Eunice Andrada and published by Giramondo Publishing. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Powerful first collection by acclaimed Filipina Australian performance poet In Flood Damages Andrada explores themes associated with immigration and inheritance, through the figure of a young Australian Filipina woman, whose family has been irreparably damaged by deportation, violence and illness. The wounds inflicted by these events, political and personal, are felt most keenly in and through her body – ‘your blood sings of the scattered histories/ that left you here’ – and in a dramatic use of language, influenced by the rhythms of prayer, which expresses pain and anger with passionate intensity. A performance poet, Andrada combines the theatrical qualities of voice and image in this, her first published collection, affirming the female body as a site of vulnerability and power.

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Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Repairing Your Flooded Home written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When in doubt, throw it out. Don't risk injury or infection. 2: Ask for help. Many people can do a lot of the cleanup and repairs discussed in this book. But if you have technical questions or do not feel comfortable doing something, get professional help. If there is a federal disaster declaration, a telephone "hotline" will often be publicized to provide information about public, private, and voluntary agency programs to help you recover from the flood. Government disaster programs are there to help you, the taxpayer. You're paying for them; check them out. 3: Floodproof. It is very likely that your home will be flooded again someday. Floodproofing means using materials and practices that will prevent or minimize flood damage in the future. Many floodproofing techniques are inexpensive or can be easily incorporated into your rebuilding program. You can save a lot of money by floodproofing as you repair and rebuild (see Step 8).

Author : Jochen Schanze
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402045980
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Flood Risk Management: Hazards, Vulnerability and Mitigation Measures written by Jochen Schanze and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-09-17 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Floods are of increasing public concern world-wide due to increasing damages and unacceptably high numbers of injuries. Previous approaches of flood protection led to limited success especially during recent extreme events. Therefore, an integrated flood risk management is required which takes into consideration both the hydrometeorogical and the societal processes. Moreover, real effects of risk mitigation measures have to be critically assessed. The book draws a comprehensive picture of all these aspects and their interrelations. It furthermore provides a lot of detail on earth observation, flood hazard modelling, climate change, flood forecasting, modelling vulnerability, mitigation measures and the various dimensions of management strategies. In addition to local and regional results of science, engineering and social science investigations on modelling and management, transboundary co-operation of large river catchments are of interest. Based on this, the book is a valuable source of the state of the art in flood risk management but also covers future demands for research and practice in terms of flood issues.

Author : Bob Freitag
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 1610911326
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Floodplain Management written by Bob Freitag and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2012-06-22 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A flooding river is very hard to stop. Many residents of the United States have discovered this the hard way. Right now, over five million Americans hold flood insurance policies from the National Flood Insurance Program, which estimates that flooding causes at least six billion dollars in damages every year. Like rivers after a rainstorm, the financial costs are rising along with the toll on residents. And the worst is probably yet to come. Most scientists believe that global climate change will result in increases in flooding. The authors of this book present a straightforward argument: the time to stop a flooding rivers is before is before it floods. Floodplain Management outlines a new paradigm for flood management, one that emphasizes cost-effective, long-term success by integrating physical, chemical, and biological systems with our societal capabilities. It describes our present flood management practices, which are often based on dam or levee projects that do not incorporate the latest understandings about river processes. And it suggests that a better solution is to work with the natural tendencies of the river: retreat from the floodplain by preventing future development (and sometimes even removing existing structures); accommodate the effects of floodwaters with building practices; and protect assets with nonstructural measures if possible, and with large structural projects only if absolutely necessary.

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Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Indirect Flood Damages written by and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert William Kates
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Industrial Flood Losses written by Robert William Kates and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works. Special Subcommittee on Montana Flood Damage
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.7B/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Montana Flood Damage written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works. Special Subcommittee on Montana Flood Damage and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Committee Serial No. 25. Considers Federal aid for reconstruction of roads, trails, and facilities damaged during June 1964 floods in western Montana.

Author : United States. Bureau of Reclamation. Region 2
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Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Methodology for Estimating Flood Damages and Flood Control Benefits written by United States. Bureau of Reclamation. Region 2 and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 16 pages
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Download or read book Guidelines for Reducing Flood Damages written by and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309132894
Total Pages : 216 pages
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Download or read book Risk Analysis and Uncertainty in Flood Damage Reduction Studies written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2000-10-20 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reducing flood damage is a complex task that requires multidisciplinary understanding of the earth sciences and civil engineering. In addressing this task the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employs its expertise in hydrology, hydraulics, and geotechnical and structural engineering. Dams, levees, and other river-training works must be sized to local conditions; geotechnical theories and applications help ensure that structures will safely withstand potential hydraulic and seismic forces; and economic considerations must be balanced to ensure that reductions in flood damages are proportionate with project costs and associated impacts on social, economic, and environmental values. A new National Research Council report, Risk Analysis and Uncertainty in Flood Damage Reduction Studies, reviews the Corps of Engineers' risk-based techniques in its flood damage reduction studies and makes recommendations for improving these techniques. Areas in which the Corps has made good progress are noted, and several steps that could improve the Corps' risk-based techniques in engineering and economics applications for flood damage reduction are identified. The report also includes recommendations for improving the federal levee certification program, for broadening the scope of flood damage reduction planning, and for improving communication of risk-based concepts.