The great flood of 1993 : causes, impacts, and responses /
Material type: TextSeries: Bond CollectionPublisher: Boulder, Colorado : Westview Press, 1996Description: xii, 321 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0813326206 (paperback alk. paper)
- 0813326192 (hardcover alk. paper)
- 20 363.3/493/097709049
- GB1399.4.M72 G74 1996
- S FLOD.150.b.e.c.02 ChaS 1996 ASFPM
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Includes bibliographical references.
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The flood that affected a third of the United States during the summer of 1993 was the nation’s worst, ranking as a once-in-300-years event. It severely tested national, state, and local systems for managing natural resources and for handling emergencies, illuminating both the strengths and weaknesses in existing methods of preparing for and dealing with massive prolonged flooding.Through detailed case studies, this volume diagnoses the social and economic impacts of the disaster, assessing how resource managers, flood forecasters, public institutions, the private sector, and millions of volunteers responded to it. The first comprehensive evaluation of the 1993 flood, this book examines the way in which floods are forecast and monitored, the effectiveness of existing recovery processes, and how the nation manages its floodplains. The volume concludes with recommendations for the future, in hope of better preparing the country for the next flood or other comparable disaster.
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