| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 155 pages) : color illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-140). |
| Contents |
Summary -- Introduction -- Community characteristics and improving community resilience -- Current dam and levee infrastructure, management, and governance -- Vision and conceptual framework for resilience-focused engagement -- Tools for building resilience -- Conclusions -- References -- List of acronyms -- Appendixes. |
| Summary |
"Although advances in engineering can reduce the risk of dam and levee failure, some failures will still occur. Such events cause impacts on social and physical infrastructure that extend far beyond the flood zone. Broadening dam and levee safety programs to consider community- and regional-level priorities in decision making can help reduce the risk of, and increase community resilience to, potential dam and levee failures. Collaboration between dam and levee safety professionals at all levels, persons and property owners at direct risk, members of the wider economy, and the social and environmental networks in a community would allow all stakeholders to understand risks, shared needs, and opportunities, and make more informed decisions related to dam and levee infrastructure and community resilience. Dam and Levee Safety and Community Resilience: A Vision for Future Practice explains that fundamental shifts in safety culture will be necessary to integrate the concepts of resilience into dam and levee safety programs"--Publisher's description. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Dam safety -- United States.
|
|
Dam safety. |
|
United States. |
|
Levees -- United States -- Safety measures.
|
|
Levees. |
|
Industrial safety. |
|
Dams -- United States -- Management.
|
|
Dams. |
|
Management. |
|
Levees -- United States -- Management.
|
|
Emergency management.
|
|
Emergency management. |
|
Dam safety -- Law and legislation -- United States.
|
|
Dam safety -- Law and legislation. |
|
Engineering.
|
|
Engineering. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
|
| Added Author |
National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Integrating Dam and Levee Safety and Community Resilience.
|
|
National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Geological and Geotechnical Engineering.
|
|
National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Earth Sciences and Resources.
|
|
National Research Council (U.S.). Division on Earth and Life Studies.
|
| Other Form: |
Print version: Dam and levee safety and community resilience. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2012 9780309256148 (OCoLC)809027628 |
| ISBN |
9780309256155 electronic book |
|
0309256151 electronic book |
|
1283636212 |
|
9781283636216 |
|
6613948675 |
|
9786613948670 |
|
9780309256148 |
|
0309256143 |
|
