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<br />-- <br /> <br />Aklilu, Petros and Cleve E. Willis. Massachusetts Univ., Amherst. Water <br />Resources Center. Available from the National Technical Information <br />Service, Springfield, VA. <br />Flood proofing decisions under uncertainty: An application to the Con- <br />necticut River Basin. August, 1973. PC$8.50/MF$1.45. <br />109p. (NTIS no. PB-228 133/5) <br /> <br />Results are presented of the economic potential of flood proofing measures <br />for reducing flood damages. The empirical application focuses on several com- <br />munities in the Connecticut River Basin. A literature review of flood proofing <br />measures and a treatment of decision-making under uncertainty are included. A <br />partial equilibrium framework (model) for making flood proofing choices for <br />various types of structures is also provided. The output of this model takes <br />the form of expected values and standard deviations of net benefits and costs <br />of such flood damage reduction measures. <br /> <br />Bhavnagri, Viraf S. and George Bugliarello <br />"Flood proofing in a flood plain: A stochastic model." Proceedings of the <br />American Society of Civil Engineers, hydraulics Division 92 (HY4, July 1966), <br />pp. 63-76. <br /> <br />A mathematical model of an urban flood plain which incorporates a statis- <br />tical description of flood proofing measures is presented. Both permanent <br />and dynamic measures are considered. <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />Black, Richard D. Dept. of Agricultural Engineering, Cornell University. <br />Flood proofing rural residences. Final report prepared for the U.S. Dept. <br />of Commerce, Economic Development Administration. 1975. <br />l5p. <br /> <br />In order to examine the buoyant forces on a house, four modest frame houses <br />were analyzed in detail, and data from three are included. The data is present- <br />ed in three graphs depicting the ratio of bouyant force to the weight of the <br />structure as a function of the depth of submergence. How to calculate when an <br />unanchored house will move is explained. Data on maximum bending moments is <br />included. Waterproofing the outer walls of the house and providing closures <br />for the openings; also waterproofing basement walls and draining seepage from <br />under the floor are discussed. <br /> <br />Chenly, Miller, Ellis and Associates,Inc. Available from the National Tech- <br />nical Information Service, Springfield, VA. <br />A report to the New England River Basins Commission on nonstructural meas- <br />ures for flood plain and flood damage management with application to the Con- <br />necticut River Basin Supplemental Flood Management Study Phase II. The Formu- <br />lation and Evaluation of Specific Alternatives, by Philip B. Cheney. Putnam, <br />Conn. 1974. PC$6.00/W$2.25. <br />l39p. (NTIS no. PB-246 003) <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />1 <br />