Flood Plain Information

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309130573
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mapping the Zone written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2009-06-15 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Flood Insurance Rate Maps portray the height and extent to which flooding is expected to occur, and they form the basis for setting flood insurance premiums and regulating development in the floodplain. As such, they are an important tool for individuals, businesses, communities, and government agencies to understand and deal with flood hazard and flood risk. Improving map accuracy is therefore not an academic question-better maps help everyone. Making and maintaining an accurate flood map is neither simple nor inexpensive. Even after an investment of more than $1 billion to take flood maps into the digital world, only 21 percent of the population has maps that meet or exceed national flood hazard data quality thresholds. Even when floodplains are mapped with high accuracy, land development and natural changes to the landscape or hydrologic systems create the need for continuous map maintenance and updates. Mapping the Zone examines the factors that affect flood map accuracy, assesses the benefits and costs of more accurate flood maps, and recommends ways to improve flood mapping, communication, and management of flood-related data.

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309185556
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Elevation Data for Floodplain Mapping written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2007-08-16 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

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Publisher : FEMA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book National Flood Insurance Program: Answers to Questions About the NFIP written by and published by FEMA. This book was released on 1980 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Author : United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Managing Floodplain Development in Approximate Zone A Areas written by United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Mobile District
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Flood Plain Information written by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Mobile District and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : H. James Owen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Floodplain Management Handbook written by H. James Owen and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 10 pages
Book Rating : 4.6C/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Read a Flood Insurance Rate Map written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reducing Damage from Localized Flooding written by United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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