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<br />VERSION 1.0 1/12/95 <br /> <br />THE ROLE OF BENEFIT -COST ANALYSIS <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />Overview of User's Manual <br /> <br />The User's Manual provides a comprehensive guide to conducting <br />Benefit-Cost Analysis of Riverine Flood Hazard Mitigation Projects. <br /> <br />Chapter 2, Getting Started, provides elementary guidance for novice <br />users about loading and starting the Benefit-Cost Program. <br /> <br />Chapter 3, Program Basics, provides basic information about how to <br />move around within the program, how to make data entries, etc, <br /> <br />Chapter 4, Tutorial, provides a worked example illustrating the process <br />of entering data and obtaining benefit-cost results. <br /> <br />Chapter 5, Benefit-Cost Program: Guidance, provides helpful hints <br />for conducting benefit-cost analysis, including data requirements, <br />LEVEL ONE and LEVEL TWO analyses, and expediting benefit-cost <br />analysis. <br /> <br />Chapter 6, Benefit-Cost Program: Level One Analysis, provides a <br />detailed discussion of all the data inputs necessary for a LEVEL ONE <br />(Minimum Data) Benefit~Cost Analysis. <br /> <br />Chapter 7, Benefit-Cost Program: Flood Hazard Risk, provides <br />detailed information about modeling flood hazards and determining <br />expected annual numbers of floods. <br /> <br />Chapter 8, Benefit-Cost Program: Level Two Analysis, provides a <br />detailed discussion of the data inputs necessary for a LEVEL TWO <br />(Detailed) Benefit-Cost Analysis, including guidance on overriding <br />default values with user-entered, building-specific data. <br /> <br />Chapter 9, Benefit-Cost Program: Results, provides a detailed <br />discussion of the results of benefit-cost analysis, including guidance on <br />interpretation of results. <br /> <br />Chapter 10, Benefit-Cost Program: Print-out, is a full print-out of a <br />sample benefit-cost analysis, including all of the data entry screens, <br />results screens, and the graphical presentation of data and results. <br /> <br />Chapter 11, Glossary, defines technical terms used in the program <br />and in the user's manual. <br /> <br />Appendix 1, Equations, summarizes all of the underlying equations in <br />the Benefit-Cost Program and defines all technical terms used in the <br />equations. <br /> <br />1-4 <br />