Floodplain Management
A New Approach for a New Era
Published on 1. September 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-59726-635-2 (ISBN)
Description
The authors of this book present a straightforward argument: the time to stop a flooding river is before it floods.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Washington
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
349 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59726-635-2 (9781597266352)
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Persons
Robert Freitag is executive director of the Cascadia Region Earthquake Workgroup and director of the Institute for Hazards Mitigation Planning & Research at the University of Washington. He has recently developed a higher education course in floodplain management for FEMA, based on the principles articulated in this book. Susan Bolton is a professor at the University of Washington in the Department of Forest Resources. Frank Westerlund is the chair of urban design planning at the University of Washington. Julie Clark is a geologist.