Description:Floods are of great interest during periods of intense flooding, but floodplain management is not well-practiced and attempts at such management are often a source of both social conflict and harmful ecological effects. When economic and ecologic concerns collide, effective floodplain management requires that these conflicts be resolved. Floodplain Management sheds light on the reasons behind these conflicts and points to solutions. This concise and up-to-datevolume reviews the historical development of floodplain management policy and presents scenarios that future floodplain management may follow. Any engineer, urban planner, environmentalist, policy maker, floodplain manager, or average citizen concerned about rational floodplain policy will profit from a thorough reading of Floodplain Management.Provides a recent history of ecologic and economic interests and its effects on the general public and the owners of floodplain propertiesIncludes description and analysis of all major reports that have been released since 1992We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Floodplain Management: Ecologic and Economic Perspectives. To get started finding Floodplain Management: Ecologic and Economic Perspectives, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
225
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
R. G. Landes
Release
1996
ISBN
1570593647
Floodplain Management: Ecologic and Economic Perspectives
Description: Floods are of great interest during periods of intense flooding, but floodplain management is not well-practiced and attempts at such management are often a source of both social conflict and harmful ecological effects. When economic and ecologic concerns collide, effective floodplain management requires that these conflicts be resolved. Floodplain Management sheds light on the reasons behind these conflicts and points to solutions. This concise and up-to-datevolume reviews the historical development of floodplain management policy and presents scenarios that future floodplain management may follow. Any engineer, urban planner, environmentalist, policy maker, floodplain manager, or average citizen concerned about rational floodplain policy will profit from a thorough reading of Floodplain Management.Provides a recent history of ecologic and economic interests and its effects on the general public and the owners of floodplain propertiesIncludes description and analysis of all major reports that have been released since 1992We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Floodplain Management: Ecologic and Economic Perspectives. To get started finding Floodplain Management: Ecologic and Economic Perspectives, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.