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Gilbert Fowler White (November 26, 1911 – October 5, 2006) was a prominent American geographer, sometimes termed the "father of floodplain management" and the "leading environmental geographer of the 20th century" (Wescoat, 2006).
A lack of good data and floodplain maps is a widespread problem for communities, Berginnis said. "We have 3.5 million miles of streams, rivers, and coastlines in the country. We've mapped 1.2 ...
Participation in the NFIP is based on an agreement between local communities and the federal government that states that if a community will adopt and enforce a floodplain management ordinance to reduce future flood risks to new construction in Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHA), the federal government will make flood insurance available within the community as a financial protection against ...
John Richard "Jack" Sheaffer (August 28, 1931 – December 21, 2016) [1] was an American environmental engineer. He was the creator of an environmentally sensitive reclamation and reuse waste water system, co-author of the Clean Water Act while serving as the Scientific Advisor to the Secretary of the Army, was instrumental in the design of the national flood insurance program, and the author ...
"There's a bias against, I think, rural communities, especially in the flood dataset," said Chad Berginnis, executive director of the Association of State Floodplain Managers, a nonprofit that ...
Certified Floodplain Manager: CFM: Association of State Floodplain Managers [19] Chief Fire Officer: CFO: Center for Public Safety Excellence (CPSE) [20] Fellow of the Academy of Emergency Management: FAcEM: Emergency Management Academy [21] Executive Fire Officer: EFO: U.S. Fire Administration [22] Emergency Number Professional: ENP: National ...
Flood management describes methods used to reduce or prevent the detrimental effects of flood waters. Flooding can be caused by a mix of both natural processes, such as extreme weather upstream, and human changes to waterbodies and runoff. Flood management methods can be either of the structural type (i.e. flood control) and of the non ...
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 ...