One step forward, two steps back: Flood management policy in the United States

References

• Apel , H. , Thieken , A. , Merz , B. and Bloschl , G. 2004 . Flood risk assessment and associated uncertainty . Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences , 4 ( 2 ) : 295 – 308 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Berke , P. and French , S. 1994 . The influence of state planning mandates on local plan quality . Journal of Planning Education and Research , 13 ( 4 ) : 237 – 250 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Birkland , T. , Burby , R. , Conrad , D. , Cortner , H. and Michener , W. 2003 . River ecology and flood hazard mitigation . Natural Hazards Review , 4 ( 1 ) : 46 – 54 .
   Google Scholar
• Blanchard-Boehm , R. , Berry , K. and Showaler , P. 2001 . Should flood insurance be mandatory? Insights in the wake of the 1997 New Year's Day flood in Reno-Sparks, Nevada . Applied Geography , 21 ( 3 ) : 199 – 221 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bond , L. Use of the 90th percentile flood estimate, revising the 100-year flood . background readings for the 2004 Assembly of the Gilbert F. White National Flood Policy Forum, Reducing Flood Losses . September 21–22 , Washington , DC . pp. 73 – 76 .
   Google Scholar
• Brown , K. 2002 . Water scarcity: forecasting the future with spotty data . Science , 297 ( 5583 ) : 926 – 927 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Browne , M. and Hoyt , R. 2000 . The demand for flood insurance: empirical evidence . Journal of Risk and Uncertainty , 20 ( 2 ) : 291 – 306 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Brutsaert , W. 2005 . Hydrology , New York : Cambridge University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Burby , R. and French , S. 1990 . Sharing Environmental Risks , Boulder , CO : Westview Press .
   Google Scholar
• Carolan , M. S. 2004 . Ontological politics: mapping a complex environmental problem . Environmental Values , 13 ( 4 ) : 497 – 522 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Christen , K. 2005 . Funding woes eroding national stream gage network . Environmental Science and Technology , 12 January : 32 – 35 .
   Google Scholar
• Clement , D. 2001 . After the flood . Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis , November http://minneaolisfed.org/pubs/fedgaz/01-11/food.cfm (accessed 2 November 2005)
   Google Scholar
• Colorado Water Conservation Board . 2005 . Memorandum: Agenda item 17, funding limitations on USGS streamgaging programs in Colorado . 12 September 2005, http://cwcb.state.co.us/agendas/Sept_05/17.pdf (accessed 1 November 2005)
   Google Scholar
• Cook , K. and Art , A. 1993 . Countdown to Compliance , Washington , DC : Center for Resource Economics .
   Google Scholar
• Correia , F. , Fordham , M. , da Grača Saraiva , M. and Bernardo , F. 1998 . Flood hazard assessment and management: interface with the public . Water Resources Management , 12 ( 3 ) : 209 – 227 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Department of Homeland Security . September 2005 . Challenges in FEMA's Flood Map Modernization Program September , Office of Information Technology, OIG-05-44
   Google Scholar
• Faber , S. 1993 . The Mississippi flood . Environment , 35 ( 10 ) : 2 – 3 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) . 1999 . Audit of the Effectiveness of the Substantial Damage Rule Washington , DC Office of the Inspector General, H-03-99, September
   Google Scholar
• Fowler , A. and Hennessy , K. 1995 . Potential impacts of global warming on the frequency and magnitude of heavy precipitation . Natural Hazards , 11 ( 3 ) : 283 – 303 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Goodwin , C. Insurance alone is not enough—understanding the flood hazard is the key . background readings for the 2004 Assembly of the Gilbert F. White National Flood Policy Forum, Reducing Flood Losses . September 21–22 , Washington , DC . pp. 133 – 135 .
   Google Scholar
• Haeuber , R. and Michener , W. 1998 . Natural flood control . Issues in Science and Technology , 15 ( 1 ) : 74 – 81 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hey , D. and Philippi , N. 1999 . A Case for Wetland Restoration , New York : Wiley & Sons .
   Google Scholar
• Hickcox , D. 1994 . The Great Flood of 1993, part III: whither the floodplain? . Focus , 44 ( Spring ) : 27 – 30 .
   Google Scholar
• Hirsch , R. , Cohn , T. and Kirby , W. What does the 1% flood standard mean? Revising the 100-year flood . background readings for the 2004 Assembly of the Gilbert F. White National Flood Policy Forum, Reducing Flood Losses . September 21–22 , Washington , DC . pp. 117 – 119 .
   Google Scholar
• Horrigan , L. , Lawrence , R. and Walker , P. 2002 . How sustainable agriculture can address the environmental and human health harms of industrial agriculture . Environmental Health Perspectives , 110 ( 5 ) : 445 – 456 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Jasanoff , S. 2005 . Designs on Nature , Princeton , NJ : Princeton University Press .
   Google Scholar
• John , D. 2005 . Providing flood insurance coverage after the disaster is a mistake . WebMemo #888, The Heritage Foundation, 19 October, http://www.heritage.org/Research/Regulation/wm888.cfm?renderforprint=1 (accessed 11 November 2005)
   Google Scholar
• Jones , J. 2004 . Mapping a Flood, Before It Happens , Reston , VA : US Department of Interior, US Geological Survey .
   Google Scholar
• Kelly , R. , Drake , N. and Barr , S. 2004 . Spatial Modeling of the Terrestrial Environment , Hoboken , NJ : Wiley .
   Google Scholar
• King , R. Federal flood insurance . Congressional Research Service Report for Congress, The Library of Congress . June 30 , Washington , DC . http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL32972.pdf (accessed 5 April 2006)
   Google Scholar
• Krimm , R. Why the 100 year flood standard . background readings for the 2004 Assembly of the Gilbert F. White National Flood Policy Forum, Reducing Flood Losses . September 21–22 , Washington , DC . pp. 11 – 12 .
   Google Scholar
• Kunreuther , H. and Dacy , D. 1969 . The Economics of Natural Disasters , New York : Free Press .
   Google Scholar
• Lave , T. and Lave , L. 1991 . Public perception of the risks of floods: implications for communication . Risk Analysis , 11 ( 2 ) : 255 – 267 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lulloff , A. Are we really mapping/managing the 1% chance floodplain? . background readings for the 2004 Assembly of the Gilbert F. White National Flood Policy Forum, Reducing Flood Losses . September 21–22 , Washington , DC . pp. 77 – 79 .
   Google Scholar
• Maune , D. Digital elevation technologies . background readings for the 2004 Assembly of the Gilbert F. White National Flood Policy Forum, Reducing Flood Losses . September 21–22 , Washington , DC . pp. 50 – 52 .
   Google Scholar
• McPherson , H. and Saarinen , T. 1977 . Flood plain dwellers' perception of the flood hazard in Tucson, Arizona . The Annals of Regional Science , 11 ( 1 ) : 25 – 40 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• National Review Committee . 1992 . Action Agenda for Managing the Nation's Floodplains , Boulder , CO : Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center, Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado .
   Google Scholar
• Olinger , L. and Larson , L. Reducing Flood Losses, report of the 2004 Assembly of the Gilbert F. White National Flood Policy Forum, National Academies Keck Center . September 21–22 , Washington , DC .
   Google Scholar
• Platt , R. 1999 . Disasters and Democracy , Washington , DC : Island Press .
   Google Scholar
• Reuss , M. Notes on probability analysis and flood frequency standards . background readings for the 2004 Assembly of the Gilbert F. White National Flood Policy Forum, Reducing Flood Losses . September 21–22 , Washington , DC . pp. 20 – 26 .
   Google Scholar
• Robinson , M. History of the 1% chance flood standard . background readings for the 2004 Assembly of the Gilbert F. White National Flood Policy Forum, Reducing Flood Losses . September 21–22 , Washington , DC . pp. 2 – 8 .
   Google Scholar
• Schreider , S. , Smith , D. and Jakeman , A. 2000 . Climate change impacts on urban flooding . Climate Change , 47 ( 1–2 ) : 91 – 115 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Slovic , P. and Weber , E. Perception of risk posed by extreme events . paper prepared for discussion at the conference, Risk Management Strategies in an Uncertain World . April 12–13 , Palisades , New York .
   Google Scholar
• Steinburg , T. 2000 . Acts of God , New York : Oxford University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Stokstad , E. 1999 . Scarcity of rain, stream gages threatens forecasts . Science , 285 : 1199 – 2000 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Thomas , W. Will the data support modeling for a new standard? . background readings for the 2004 Assembly of the Gilbert F. White National Flood Policy Forum, Reducing Flood Losses . September 21–22 , Washington , DC . pp. 54 – 57 .
   Google Scholar
• Tobin , G. and Montz , B. 1994 . The Great Midwestern Floods of 1993 , Orlando , FL : Saunders College Publishing .
   Google Scholar
• Vari , A. , Linnerooth-Bayer , J. and Ferencz , Z. 2003 . Stakeholder views on flood risk management in Hungary's upper Tisza Basin . Risk Analysis , 23 ( 3 ) : 585 – 600 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Webb , R. H. and Betancourt , J. L. 1992 . Climatic variability and flood frequency of the Santa Cruz River, Pima County, Arizona . : 40 US Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper, 2379
   Google Scholar
• Wetmore , J. Hurricane Katrina: chaos at the intersection of science, technology, society and nature . roundtable paper presented at the Annual Meetings for the Society for the Social Studies of Science . October 20–22 2005 , Pasadena , CA .
   Google Scholar
• Wiener , J. 1996 . Research opportunities in search of federal flood policy . Policy Studies , 29 ( 4 ) : 321 – 344 .
   Google Scholar
• Williams , P. 1998 . Inviting trouble downstream . Civil Engineering—ASCE , 68 ( 2 ) : 50 – 53 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Young , E. 1998 . Dealing with hazards and disasters: risk perception and community participation in management . Australian Journal of Emergency Management , 13 ( 2 ) : 14 – 16 .
   Google Scholar