Flood risk management and the American river basin : an evaluation / Committee on Flood Control Alternatives in the American River Basin, Water Science and Technology Board, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council.

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National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Flood Control Alternatives in the American River Basin

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TextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1995.Description: xii, 235 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cmISBN:

030905334X (pbk)

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-230).

1. Introduction -- 2. Identification and Evaluation of Alternatives -- 3. Environmental Issues -- 4. Risk Methodology -- 5. Flood Risk Management Behind Levees -- 6. Flood Risk Management: Implications for the American River and the United States -- 7. Findings and Recommendations -- App. A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members -- App. B Guide to Acronyms and Abbreviations.

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