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  2. Flood management - Wikipedia

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    Flood management methods can be structural or non-structural: Structural flood management (i.e: flood control) is the reduction of the effects of a flood using physical solutions, such as reservoirs, levees, dredging and diversions. Non-structural flood management includes land

  3. Integrated Flood Management - Wikipedia

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    While flood control aims mainly on reducing or preventing the negative effects of floods, IFM aims on reducing the overall risk by means of land and water resources management with the goal of maximizing the benefits from the use of flood plains and minimizing the damage and loss of life due to flooding in a sustainable manner.

  4. Category:Flood templates - Wikipedia

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    [[Category:Flood templates]] to the <includeonly> section at the bottom of that page. Otherwise, add <noinclude>[[Category:Flood templates]]</noinclude> to the end of the template code, making sure it starts on the same line as the code's last character.

  5. Water Resources Development Act of 1996 - Wikipedia

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    Requires non-Federal stakeholders to: (1) agree to participate in and comply with applicable Federal floodplain management and flood insurance programs; and (2) prepare a flood plain management plan designed to reduce the impacts of future flood events in the project area. Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop guidelines for the preparation of ...

  6. Flood risk assessment - Wikipedia

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    For a flood risk assessment to be written, information is needed concerning the existing and proposed developments, the Environment Agency modeled flood levels and topographic levels on site. At its most simple (and cheapest) level an FRA can provide an indication of whether a development will be allowed to take place at a site.

  7. Flood Control Act of 1928 - Wikipedia

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    The Flood Control Act of 1928 (FCA 1928) (70th United States Congress, Sess. 1.Ch. 569, enacted May 15, 1928) authorized the United States Army Corps of Engineers to design and construct projects for the control of floods on the Mississippi River and its tributaries as well as the Sacramento River in California. [1]

  8. Urban flooding - Wikipedia

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    Comparing the natural and urban water cycle and streetscapes in conventional and Blue-Green Cities Integrated urban water management (IUWM) is the practice of managing freshwater, wastewater, and storm water as components of a basin-wide management plan.

  9. Flood insurance rate map - Wikipedia

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    A flood insurance rate map (FIRM) is an official map of a community within the United States that displays the floodplains, more explicitly special hazard areas and risk premium zones, as delineated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). [1]