FLOOD10053

• County: Statewide
• Community: State of Colorado
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: A Study to Identify Attitudes and Problems with Integrating Floodplain Management and Dam Safety
• Date: 8/1/1984
• Prepared For: University of Denver
• Prepared By: Stephen A. Spann
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Educational/Technical/Reference Information

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The ~esea~ch and analysis p~esented in this pape~ was

p~ecipitated by the autho~'s pe~sonnal

involvement

in

the

Colo~ado Dam Safety P~og~am and

the conce~n of all dam

Dwner-s.

The ojectives of the ~esea~ch a~e as follows:

1, To identify the values and attitudes of

floodplain

policy make~s and manage~s towa~d dam safety and

development below reservoir dams.

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To identify an acceptable level

of

~isk

beyond

which the dam owne~

should no longe~ accept total

liability fo~ dam failu~e with

the public

accepting

the

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balance of the liability.

3.

To

explo~e alte~native p~og~ams to

integ~ate floodplain management and dam safety.

4. To identify a~eas which need fu~the~

scientific and sociological reasearch.

Befo~e the

reader

p~og~esses

into the ~esea~ch

findings, the following section of

backg~ound

info~mation

should be digested in o~de~

to gain an app~eciation of the

te~ms, existing p~og~ams, and the p~oblem.

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