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Framing the challenge of urban flooding in the United States

"Flooding is the natural hazard with the greatest economic and social impact in the United States, and these impacts are becoming more severe over time. Catastrophic flooding from recent hurricanes, including Superstorm Sandy in New York (2012) and Hurricane Harvey in Houston (2017), caused bil...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.) Committee on Urban Flooding in the United States
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC The National Academies Press [2019], 2019
Series:A consensus study report of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine
Subjects:
United States
Relief Work
Urban Health
Disaster Planning
Emergencies
Floods
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Collection: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 63-68)
  • Trends Affecting Urban Flooding; Appendix B: Baltimore Case Study; Appendix C: Houston Case Study; Appendix D: Chicago Case Study; Appendix E: Phoenix Case Study; Appendix F: Acronyms and Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Insights from four metropolitan areas
  • Magnitude of urban flooding
  • A way forward on urban flooding
  • References
  • Appendixes

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