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<br />level of flooding, Functions are computed separately for structure and <br /> <br />content for various categories of enterprise, The functions are <br /> <br />predictors of either direct-dollar loss or percent of value lost through a <br /> <br />flood event, Damage functions can be applied to structures on an <br /> <br />individual basis or applied over a large number of properties with similar <br /> <br />susceptibility. <br />Selection Criterion, The major criterion in selection of <br /> <br /> <br />depth-damage functions is the similarity of susceptibility relationships, <br /> <br /> <br />Damage functions are influenced by a number of variables. Variables found <br /> <br /> <br />to be significant in regression analysis can be used in computing reliable <br /> <br /> <br />depth-damage relationships. Table V-l summarizes the major factors: <br /> <br /> <br />hydrologic, structural, and institutional, that significantly influence <br /> <br /> <br />the amount of damage, While most people involved in flood damage <br /> <br />assessment are aware of most of these factors, it has been rare that any <br /> <br />of these factors have been isolated as part of a predictive function, It <br /> <br />is less difficult to apply functions where the factors are reasonably <br /> <br />close to the situation to which they are being applied, For example <br /> <br />depth-damage functions computed for the lower Missouri River may be very <br /> <br />applicable to damage from flooding along the Missouri River, where there <br />is similar velocity, duration, and sediment load, <br /> <br />V-36 <br />