Floods

Citation

(2003), "Floods", Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. 12 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/dpm.2003.07312cae.008

Floods

A Stream Corridor Protection Strategy for Local Governments

200272pp.Free

This guide was created to help local governments and others formulate protection strategies for local streams. It provides a primer for project planning and the development of tools to protect and restore stream corridors. Stream protection strategies help communities cope with floods, preserve natural habitat, and ensure clean water. While targeted to communities within the Chesapeake Bay watershed, the guide may also benefit all local government planners, engineers, planning commission members, boards of supervisors, and council members.

Copies can be downloaded from the Institute for Environmental Negotiation at the University of Virginia, USA: http://www.lgean.org/html/whatsnew.cfm?id=491

The Extremes of the Extremes: Extraordinary Floods. Arni Snorasson

Edited by Helga P. Finnsdottir and Marshall MossIAHS Publication No. 2712002408pp.£60

Extreme floods are among the most destructive forces of nature, and there is a perception that they are occurring with higher frequency now than in the past. This is a cause for international concern and calls for an understanding of the circumstances that might generate such events. This was the motive for the Reykjavík symposium on extraordinary floods, the "Extremes of the Extremes," co-convened by the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) and the Hydrological Service in Iceland; this publication is an outcome of that meeting. The main focus of this volume is the geophysical processes related to floods, but the statistical and mathematical aspects of flood analysis and forecasting are also addressed, and the issues of flooding and flood abatement are put into economic, social and ethical perspective. The 60 papers in this volume have been grouped under the following themes: physical processes related to floods, prehistoric and historic floods, case studies, geomorphological and environmental questions related to floods, statistical analysis and forecasting, and predictability and abatement of floods.

Copies can be ordered from Jill Gash, IAHS Press, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8BB, UK. Tel: +44 1491 692422; Fax: +44 1491 692448; E-mail: jilly@iahs.demon.co.uk

Compensating for Wetland Losses under the Clean Water Act 2001 340pp. $49.95

Copies are available from the National Academy Press, 2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Lockbox 285, Washington, DC 20055, USA. Tel: (888) 624-8422 or (202) 334-3313; Fax: (202) 334-2451; WWW: http://www.nap.edu

To view the entire document free on-line, go to: http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10134.html

Flood Risk and Insurance in England and Wales: Are there Lessons to be Learned from Scotland?

David Crichton2002168pp.Free

This comprehensive report addresses many of the flood-related problems currently facing the property insurance market in the UK and presents some of the background leading up to the decision of insurers to maintain the current flood insurance guarantee only until the end of 2002. Chapters include planning issues, flood hazards, health and climate change, disseminating flood warnings, and dams and reservoirs. Without drastic mitigation activities, the costs related to flooding in England and Wales will rise dramatically.

Available from the Benfield Greig Hazard Research Centre, Department of Earth Sciences, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK. Tel: 44 (0) 20 7679 3637; WWW: http://www.bghrc.com

Results-Oriented Management: Agency Crosscutting Actions and Plans in Border Control, Flood Mitigation and Insurance, Wetlands, and Wildland Fire Management GAO-03-321 2002 66pp. Free

Copies can be obtained from the US General Accounting Office, P.O. Box 37050, Washington, DC 20013, USA. Tel: (202) 512-6000; Fax: (202) 512-6061; TDD (202) 512-2537; E-mail: info@www.gao.gov

The complete text of the report is also available on-line at: http://www.gao.gov