Rising waters : the causes and consequences of flooding in the United States /

Rising waters : the causes and consequences of flooding in the United States / Samuel D. Brody, Wesley E. Highfield, Jung Eun Kang.

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"In the wake of Hurricane Katrina and the flooding of New Orleans in 2005, this interdisciplinary book brings together five years of empirical research funded by the National Science Foundation. It explores the causes of flooding in the United States and the ways in which local communities can...

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Brody, Samuel David
Other Authors: Highfield, Wesley E., Kang, Jung Eun
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2011.
Subjects:
Flood control > Government policy > United States.
Flood damage > United States.
Floods > United States.
Flood control > Government policy.
Flood damage.
Floods.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: rising waters
  • The consequences of floods. Rising cost of floods in the United States
  • Impacts of flooding in coastal Texas and Florida
  • National and state flood policy mitigation in the United States
  • Planning decisions and flood attenuation. Identifying the factors influencing flooding and flood damage
  • The role of wetlands: federal policies, losses, and floods
  • Mitigation strategies and reduction of flood damages
  • Other factors influencing flooding and flood damage
  • What are we learning?. Policy learning for local flood mitigation
  • Local case studies in Texas and Florida
  • Policy implications and recommendations. Flood policy recommendations
  • Conclusions.

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