Risk Analysis and Uncertainty in Flood Damage Reduction Studies

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Committee on Risk-Based Analysis for Flood Damage Reduction, Water Science and Technology Board, National Research Council
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Reducing flood damage is a complex task that requires multidisciplinary understanding of the earth sciences and civil engineering. In addressing this task the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employs its expertise in hydrology, hydraulics, and geotechnical and structural engineering. ...
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Front Matter	i-xiv
Executive Summary	1-11	(skim)
The Corps and U.S. Flood Damage Reduction Planning, Policies, and Programs	12-28	(skim)
Decision Making and Communication Issues	29-39	(skim)
Risk Analysis Concepts and Terms	40-50	(skim)
Risk Analysis Techniques	51-70	(skim)
Case Studies	71-113	(skim)
Evaluation and Proposed Improvements	114-138	(skim)
Levee Certification	139-158	(skim)
Conclusions and Recommendations	159-167	(skim)
References	168-174	(skim)
Appendix A: Glossary	175-180	(skim)
Appendix B: Corps-FEMA Levee Certification Documentation	181-192	(skim)
Appendix C: Economic and Environmental Principles for Water Related Land Resources Implementation Studies	193-195	(skim)
Appendix D: Functions and Random Variables	196-198	(skim)
Appendix E: Biographical Information	199-202	(skim)

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Reducing flood damage is a complex task that requires multidisciplinary understanding of the earth sciences and civil engineering. In addressing this task the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employs its expertise in hydrology, hydraulics, and geotechnical and structural engineering. Dams, levees, and other river-training works must be sized to local conditions; geotechnical theories and applications help ensure that structures will safely withstand potential hydraulic and seismic forces; and economic considerations must be balanced to ensure that reductions in flood damages are proportionate with project costs and associated impacts on social, economic, and environmental values.

A new National Research Council report, Risk Analysis and Uncertainty in Flood Damage Reduction Studies, reviews the Corps of Engineers' risk-based techniques in its flood damage reduction studies and makes recommendations for improving these techniques. Areas in which the Corps has made good progress are noted, and several steps that could improve the Corps' risk-based techniques in engineering and economics applications for flood damage reduction are identified. The report also includes recommendations for improving the federal levee certification program, for broadening the scope of flood damage reduction planning, and for improving communication of risk-based concepts.

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