FLOOD04820

• County: Statewide
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: Evaluation and Implementation of Urban Drainage and Flood Control Projects Completion Report
• Date: 6/1/1974
• Prepared By: CSU Environmental Resources Center,
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Educational/Technical/Reference Information

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SUMMARY OF REPORT.

ABSTRACT

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INTRODUCTION

Scope of the Report

DIMENSIONS OF THE UDFC IMPLEMENTATION PROBLEM

Types of Evaluation Problems, . . .
Elements of the Evaluation Problem,
Minor and Major Drainage Systems. .
The Problem of Repetitive Occurrences
The Problem of Intensity of Use and of Land Value
State-of-the-Art of Evaluation Capability
Evaluation of Major UDFC Projects . ,
Evaluation of Minor UDFC Projects . , .
Classification of Costs and Benefits. .
The Problems of Estimating Indirect and Intangible
Costs and Benefits
Direct Benefits . .
Indirect Benefits '
Secondary Benefits,
Intangible Benefits

INTERIM METHODOLOGY FOR ANALYSIS OF BENEFITS AND
COSTS OF UDFC PROJECTS. , . . , . , . . . ,

Formulation of Flood Control Study Criteria
Hydrologic and Hydraulic Analyses
Formulation of Alternatives .
Benefit-Cost Analysis . . , . . .
Example Benefit-Cost Analysis . .
Step 1 - Examine Flood Hazard Area and Classify
by Land Use . , . . . . ,
Step 2 - Determine Flood Damage Categories by
Land Use. . . , . , . . , . , . , . .
Step 3 - Eliminate Unlikely Damage Categories.
Step 4 - Divide the Study Area into Reaches,
Step 5 - Develop Cost Data . , . . . . , . . .

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