Floodplain management [electronic resource] : a new approach for a new era / Bob Freitag ... [et al.].

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TextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Island Press, c2009.Description: x, 242 p. : ill., mapsSubject(s):

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Electronic books.

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627/.4 22

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TC423 .F635 2009

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Contents:

Floods are not the problem. Case study: Louisa County, Iowa -- A new vocabulary. Case study: Snoqualmie, Washington -- Rivers and floodplains. Case study: Soldiers Grove, Wisconsin -- Natural processes must drive solutions. Case study: New York, New York -- Our relationship to rivers. Case study: Chicago, Illinois -- Approaches: structural and nonstructural. Case study: Buck Hollow River, Oregon -- Capabilities and tools. Case study: Davenport, Iowa -- Strategies: work with, not against, rivers. Case study: flooding of I-5 in Washington -- Choosing the best strategy. case study: Tulsa, Oklahoma -- What next? case study: Rivergrove.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-232) and index.

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