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<br />Contents
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<br />Preface. ........ ...............
<br />Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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<br />Part I: The Nation's Floodplains, Their Value, and Their Floods
<br />Floodplains, . . , , ' . . , , . , , ' , . , . . , . . , . . . . , ' , , , , ,8
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<br />The Value of Floodplains
<br />\Vater Resources
<br />Flood and Erosion Control . . . . . . .
<br />Surface \-Vater Quality ~'laintenance . . .
<br />Groundwater Supply and Quality. .............
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<br />Living Resources.
<br />vVetlands .... ........ ........
<br />Riparian Systems . . . . . . . .
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<br />Cultural Resources
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<br />Floods ".".,..,.."
<br />Riverine Flooding _ .
<br />Flooding from Surface Runoff
<br />Coastal Flooding and Erosion
<br />Ground Failure . . . . .
<br />Fluctuating Lake Levels
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<br />Floodplain Losses.. . . . . . . . . . . . .
<br />Loss of Life and Property.
<br />Loss of Natural and Cultural Resources
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<br />Part II: Managing Floodplains to Reduce Losses
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<br />The History of Floodplain :r-v1anagement
<br />1900-1960: The Structural, Federal Era,
<br />1960s: A Time of Change. ,
<br />19708: The Environmental Decade
<br />19805: Continuing Evolution ........
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<br />The t\.-1anagement Framework ...
<br />The Federal Government
<br />State Government. . .
<br />Local Government
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<br />:rvlodifying Susceptibility to Damages and Disruption ... . . . . . . . .
<br />Regulations ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
<br />Development and Redevelopment Policies . . . . . . .
<br />Disaster Preparedness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
<br />Flood Forecasting, \'Varning, and Emergency Plans . . . . . . . . . .
<br />Floodproofing and Elevation
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<br />Modifying Flooding. . '
<br />Investment in Flood Control
<br />Dams and Reservoirs
<br />Dikes, Levees, and Floodwalls
<br />Channel Alterations . . .
<br />High Flmv Diversions. . . . . . . . .
<br />Stormwater :rvlanagement . .
<br />Shoreline Protection ... . .. . . . . . . . .
<br />Land Treatment :rvleasures .
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