Protecting floodplain resources : a guidebook for communities.

Contributor(s):

United States. Federal Interagency Floodplain Management Task Force

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: [United States] : Federal Emergency Management Agency, 1996Edition: 2nd edDescription: vi, 41 p. : illReport number: FEMA 268Subject(s):

DDC classification:

363.34936 21

Contents:

Subject: Focuses on local, grass-roots efforts needed to effectively manage and protect the floodplain environment, including wetlands, wildlife habitats, historic sites and aesthetic amenities. Provides planning guidelines that can be used in any of the approximately 20,000 flood-prone communities in the U.S. to ensure that these ecologically productive and environmentally sensitive areas are maintained to carry out the important functions of conveying and storing floodwaters

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Australian Emergency Management Library	BOOK	363.34936 PRO (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		005745586

Bibliography: p. 39-41

Introduction -- Understanding floodplain resources -- Human activity : multiple uses of floodplains -- Planning for resource protection and restoration -- Case studies

Focuses on local, grass-roots efforts needed to effectively manage and protect the floodplain environment, including wetlands, wildlife habitats, historic sites and aesthetic amenities. Provides planning guidelines that can be used in any of the approximately 20,000 flood-prone communities in the U.S. to ensure that these ecologically productive and environmentally sensitive areas are maintained to carry out the important functions of conveying and storing floodwaters

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