Year: 1994
Type: article
Abstract: Clinton Administration commissioned a review of floodplain management in the United States, with an emphasis on the Upper Mississippi. Sharing the Challenge is the fruit of that endeavor. This report proposes a new vision for floodplain management and makes numerous specific proposals--31 general recommendations and 52 action items--for implementing that vision. An economic analysis of these proposals suggests some positive achievements and some major shortcomings. On the positive side, the report highlights some important ideas on floodplain management that have not received sufficient recognition, particularly among operating agencies. Included in those ideas are: (1) A recognition that we cannot eliminate the risk of catastrophic flooding and thus that floodplain management must take into account residual
Author: Erik Lichtenberg
Language: English
Subfield: Global and Planetary Change
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W220029674