Research Catalog

Title

Natural disasters : floods : a reference handbook / E. Willard Miller, Ruby M. Miller.

Author

Miller, E. Willard (Eugene Willard), 1915-2002.

Publication

Santa Barbara, CA : ABC-CLIO, 2000.

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Additional Authors

Miller, Ruby M.

Description

xii, 286 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

"Natural Disasters: Floods provides a comprehensive overview of types of floods and strategies for controlling them, along with statistics for major U.S. and world floods. A full chapter is devoted to U.S. laws and regulations, from the first River and Harbor Act to the Dam Safety Act of 1986, complete with amendments. A roster of government and private organizations summarizes the purpose and activities of each, provides particulars, and notes publications. An extensive bibliography includes an annotated list of books as well as references to scientific and technical studies, journals, reports, popular accounts, and periodicals that publish articles on floods. A list of audiovisual aids, a glossary, and an index round out this handy reference work."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Contemporary world issues series

Uniform Title

Contemporary world issues.

Subject

• Floods > United States
• Flood damage prevention > United States
• Flood control > United States

Genre/Form

• Reference works
• Ouvrages de référence.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p.117-264).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Origin of a Flood -- Flood Prediction -- Flood Warning Systems -- Basic Systems -- Flash Flood Forecasting Techniques -- Flood Control -- Evolution of Flood Control Projects -- Types of Flood Control -- Floodplain Management -- National Program -- National Assessment--Unified National Program for Floodplain Management -- Interagency Floodplain Management Report -- 1993 Midwest Flood Evaluation -- Flood Insurance -- National Flood Insurance -- Implementation of a National Flood Insurance Program -- Community Responsibilities -- Types of Floods -- Cyclonic Storms--Midwest Flood of 1993 -- Dam Breakage--Johnstown Flood of 1889 -- Thunderstorm Flash Floods--Big Thompson Canyon Flash Flood of 1976 -- Hurricane Floods--Susquehanna River Flood of 1972 -- Tsunami Floods--Papua New Guinea Tsunami -- Wind and Tidal Floods--Eastern Coast of England -- Directory of Organizations -- Federal Agencies -- Private Associations -- State Agencies -- Laws and Regulations -- Flood Control Acts -- Flood Prevention -- Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act of 1954 -- Flood Insurance -- Federal Flood Insurance Act of 1956 -- National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 -- National Flood Insurance Program Act of 1989 -- National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 -- Disaster Relief -- Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 -- Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act of 1974 -- Other Disaster Relief Acts -- Proclamation: Contribution to American Red Cross for Flood Relief by the President of the United States of America -- Dam Acts.

ISBN

1576070581 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^00021512^

OCLC

43434765

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library