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- James, L. Douglas. Utah State University, Utah Water Research Laboratory, Logan, 84322. The informed flood proofer. 1977. Paper presented at the Conference on Flood Proofing and Flood Plain Management, March 20-25, 1977, Pacific Grove, Calif., sponsored by the Engineering Foundation. To be published in Con- ference Proceedings. 9p. This paper is a plea for the collection of data necessary for an economic analysis of flood proofing alternatives at both the individual and community level. Four program alternatives from which a community can select, and five flood proofing alternatives for the property owner are listed. A data collection sheet for flood proofing programs is included. James, L. Douglas. Available from Georgia Institute of Technology, Environmental Resources Center, Atlanta, Georgia 30322. Integration of hydrologic, economic, ecologic, social and well-being factors in planning flood control measures for urban streams. 1975. 180p. ""- This study employed regional hydrologic analysis, a computer program for maximum net benefits, field surveys of the flood plain environment, a ques_ tionnaire to learn the perceptions and the preferences of the concerned public, and an analysis of the relationship between flood plain land use and the well- being of the community and integrated all five types of information into the formulation of flood control programs for four small urban watersheds in Metro- politan Atlanta. The needed information of all five types is outlined in de- tail, and procedures for collecting and analyzing it are explained. Plans combining channelization, flood proofing existing homes and businesses, building codes to require flood proofing of new construction, land use restrictions on new flood plain development, and preservation of identified valuable ecolog- ical areas are proposed. James, L. Douglas "Economic analysis of alternative flood control measures." Water Resources Research 3, (1967), PP. 333-343. A digital computer program was developed for determining the optimum combination of structural and nonstructural measures for flood control according to the criterion of economic efficiency. The program may be readily applied by any agency interested in analyzing the relative merits of structural and nonstruc- tural measures or in more rapid economic analysis of alternative channel improve- ment designs. It selects the optimum combination of channel improvement, flood proofing, and land use control for each portion of the flood plain during plan- ning stages of specified duration. - 4