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Author warns against misuse of flood-plain insurance and land use regulations; new opportunities for consultants in providing advice, including flood-plain information and property-owner decision-making are pointed out; necessity for perfection of new techniques to weigh alternative methods of controlling floods and reducing or preventing flood damage is emphasized; among methods available are construction of levees and dams, land-use regulations, flood warning services, land acquisition, and flood plain insurance.
Author warns against misuse of flood-plain insurance and land use regulations; new opportunities for consultants in providing advice, including flood-plain information and property-owner decision-making are pointed out; necessity for perfection of new techniques to weigh alternative methods of controlling floods and reducing or preventing flood damage is emphasized; among methods available are construction of levees and dams, land-use regulations, flood warning services, land acquisition, and flood plain insurance.
Flood loss reduction program
Civ Eng (NY)
White, G.F. (author)
1968
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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