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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />Floodplain Manaeement <br /> <br />The implementation of a comprehensive program of floodplain management is necessa!)' for <br />the long-term success of a community's flood mitigation strategies. Floodplain management is a <br />continuous process of making decisions about whether and how floodplain lands and waters will be <br />used. It encompasses: <br /> <br />1) the choices made by owners oftloodplain homes and businesses, <br /> <br />2) decisions made by officials at a1llevels of government, <br /> <br />3) development plans made by owners of commercial flood prone land, and <br /> <br />4) the judgments offarmers with pastures and fields stretching to the riverbanks. <br /> <br />The success of floodplain management at any scale depends on the collection and utilization of <br />engineering and administrative information. The process of floodplain management draws upon that <br />information to improve the likelihood of sound decision-making regarding the uses of floodplain land, <br />Effective management requires prompt but careful decisions that are compabble with the risks and <br />resources inherent to floodplains, If such decisions are not made unwise development or other uses <br />will occur that will prove unacceptably costly in the long run. Floodplain management promotes <br />activities on floodplain land that are compatible with the risks to human life and property from floods <br />with the risks to the floodplain's natural functions posed by the human activities. <br /> <br />5 <br />