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-- James, L. Douglas "Nonstructura1 measures for flood control." Water Resources Research 1, (1965), pp. 9-24. A procedure is presented for establishing a combination of structural measures, flood proofing, locationa1 adjustment and damage absorbing to be applied in various proportions over time which satisfied the economic efficiency criter- ion. The technique was used to analyze a .sma11 watershed. Advantages of non- structural measures and advantages of stage construction are discussed. James, L. Douglas. Stanford University. Institute in Eagineering-Economic Systems. A time-dependent planning process for combining structural measures, land use, and flood proofing to minimize the economic cost of floods. 1964. 238p. (Report EEP-12) The author develops a technique for calculating the mix of structural measures, flood proofing and location adjustment that varies with time to deter- mine an economically optimal flood control program. When tested on a sample flood plain, the technique produced a flood control program significantly less cost1v than current procedures. The authors conclude that nonstructura1 measures are most applicable to protect scattered or rapidly expanding urban development, or where channel construction is unusually costly. Structural measures appeared to be most favorable where most of the damages are agricultural and are large enough to justify the cost and. at the other extreme, where fairly extensive urban development exists. -- Jones, D. Earl, Jr. "Some urban water resources management dimensions." In Urban Water Resources Management, Report on the Third Conference on Urban Water Resources Research conducted by the Engineering Foundation, co-sponsored by the Urban Water Re- search Counci10f the Hydraulics Division of the American Society of Civil En- gineers, July 27-31, 1970, Deerfie1d, Mass. American Society of Civil Engineers, 1971. Pages 14-31. The author discusses urban water resources--the systems approach, property value depreciation and enhancement, storm drainage, and f1oodproofing. In the section on storm drainage, a dual system of drainage is described, one for "conmon" runoff, the other for flood runoff, and it is recommended that the flood drainage system be planned for. The floodproofing section delineates a range of practical application of flood proofing. Kock, Bernard H. City Engineering Division, Cincinnati, Ohio. "Flood proofing public facilities." APWA Reporter (June, 1973), PP. 11-13. -- The author summarizes briefly the basics of planning and designing flood proofing measures, then describes the Riverfront Stadium flood protection system, "our best example of localized protection on Cincinnati." 5 .