Title From flood control to integrated water resource management : lessons for the Gulf Coast from flooding in other places in the last sixty years / James P. Kahan [and others].

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Santa Monica, CA : Rand, 2006.

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Description	1 online resource (xix, 46 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Series	Occasional paper ; OP-164
	Occasional paper (Rand Corporation) ; OP-164.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 41-46).
Note	Print version record.
Contents	Ch. 1. Introduction -- ch. 2. Four recent historical examples -- ch. 3. Synthesis of the lessons from the case studies -- ch. 4. Lessons for the aftermath of Katrina.
Summary	The loss of life and devastation in the Gulf coast region of the United States following the hurricane season of 2005 has led to considerable debate about what should be done and not done in recovering from the damage and mitigating the consequences of future floods. This document reports the experiences of four major floods since 1948 (two in the United States, one in the Netherlands, and one in China), to draw lessons for the Gulf coast restoration effort. The authors conclude that (1) attending to history leads to mitigating the potential damage of floods even when major floods are few and.
Subject	Floods -- Case studies.
	Emergency management -- Case studies.
	Disaster relief -- Case studies.
	TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Civil -- Flood Control.
	POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Environmental Policy.
	Disaster relief. (OCoLC)fst00894731
	Emergency management. (OCoLC)fst00908500
	Floods. (OCoLC)fst00927573
	Floods.
	Emergency management.
	Disaster relief.
	Electronic books.
Genre/Form	Case studies. (OCoLC)fst01423765
Other Form:	Print version: Kahan, James P. From flood control to integrated water resource management. Santa Monica, CA : Rand, 2006 0833039849 9780833039842 (DLC) 2006017783 (OCoLC)70106805
ISBN	9780833042798 (electronic bk.)
	0833042793 (electronic bk.)
Report No.	RAND/OP-164-RC

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