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Title Dam and levee safety and community resilience : a vision for future practice / Committee on Integrating Dam and Levee Safety and Community Resilience ; Committee on Geological and Geotechnical Engineering ; Board on Earth Sciences and Resources ; Division on Earth and Life Studies
Published Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 155 pages) : color illustrations
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-140)
Subject Dam safety -- United States
Levees -- United States -- Safety measures
Dams -- United States -- Management
Levees -- United States -- Management
Emergency management.
Dam safety -- Law and legislation -- United States
Engineering.
engineering.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Hydraulics.
Dam safety
Dam safety -- Law and legislation
Dams -- Management
Emergency management
Engineering
United States
Form Electronic book
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.
LC no. 2012288835
ISBN 9780309256155
0309256151