The realities of floods : a multi-disciplinary review of flood management issues : proceedings from the USCID Flood Management Seminar, St. Louis, Missouri, March 30-April 1, 1995
Conference papers and proceedings
vi, 260 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
9781887903004, 1887903003
34650890
Special presentations. Keynote address: Sharing the challenge / Gerald E. Galloway
International perspective of flood management concerns / William A. Price
The great flood of 1994: the disaster that did not happen / Claude N. Strauser, James T. Lovelace and Dave Busse
Risk-based analysis for flood damage reduction projects / Earl E. Eiker
Technical session 1: Politics of floods. Public attitudes and political responses to critical events on major river systems / J. Edward Brown
New realities for flood management policy / Edward R. Osann
Technical session 2: The flood management milieu. Environmental aspects of floods and flood management / Bob Clevenstine
Flood damage control alternatives (structural and non-structural approaches) / David W. Miller
The impacts of the National Flood Insurance Program on floodplain development / Michael F. Robinson
Technical session 3: Management of floods. Planning, organizing, and resourcing for flood management / Edward J. Hecker and Robert G. Tregaskis
Predicting flow resistance due to vegetation in flood plains / William Rahmeyer ... [et al.]
Technical session 4: Where do we go from here? Ideal flood management practices / Janet C. Herrin
Practical flood management policies for the future / Carroll M. Hamon
Integrated flood management: a plan for the future / Harry E. Kitch
Summary and conclusions / Peter J. L. Gear
Poster sessionn
case studies. Contributions of the scientific assessment and strategy team towards the management of floodplains and flooding / Gary E. Freeman
Flood management system for Bangladesh: the strategy of the generic model
GIS connection / Guna Paudyal, Karsten Havno and Kim Wium Olesen
Flood control problems and solutions: Bangladesh case study / Amjad Hossain Khan
The Dhaka Integrated Flood Protection Project / Frederick F. Schantz
Flood management on the Danube downstream of Bratislava / Miroslav B. Liska
Mitigation in Illinois: acquisition, elevation and relocation following the Great Flood of 1993 / Patrick J. Massey
FSA and FACTA: effects on flooding / Dennis G. Miller, Charles E. Shirley and John W. Chenoweth
Flood control planning on the American River, California / Ricardo S. Pineda
The flood of 1993 (abstract) / Loyd A. Waite
Appendix: Participant listing