Managing Flood Risk: Innovative Approaches from Big Floodplain Rivers and Urban Streams

Abstract

Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Biographies -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- References -- Part I: Big River Basins -- Chapter 2: Managing Floods in Large River Basins in the USA: The Mississippi River -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.1.1 The Mississippi River Basin -- 2.1.2 Flood Risk Management in the Mississippi: History and Governance -- 2.2 The 2011 Mississippi River Flood: What Worked -- 2.3 Land-Use Conflicts in Floodways of the Mississippi River System -- 2.3.1 Introduction -- 2.3.2 The Birds Point: New Madrid Floodway -- 2.3.3 The Atchafalaya Floodway System -- 2.3.4 Risk Perception and Implications for Floodway Operation -- 2.3.5 Conclusion -- 2.4 Mississippi River Navigation System: A Major Contributor to Flooding -- 2.4.1 Introduction -- 2.4.2 The Upper Mississippi River Navigation System -- 2.4.3 River Training Structures in the Middle Mississippi River -- 2.4.4 Scientific Consensus Regarding Effects of River Training Structures and the Agency Response -- 2.4.5 Conclusion and Recommendations -- 2.5 Floodplains: Meeting the Needs of People and Nature -- References -- Chapter 3: Managing Floods in Large River Basins in the USA: The Sacramento River -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.1.1 The Sacramento River Basin -- 3.1.2 The Sacramento Valley: A Highly Engineered System -- 3.1.3 Flood Risk Management in California: Governance System -- 3.2 Managing Floods in the California Central Valley -- 3.2.1 State Plan of Flood Control -- 3.2.2 Standard Levee Design -- 3.2.3 Heightened Protection for Urban Areas -- 3.2.4 National Flood Insurance Program -- 3.2.5 The Flood of 1986 -- 3.2.6 The Flood of 1997 -- 3.2.7 2003 Paterno Decision -- 3.3 The Central Valley Flood Protection Plan -- 3.3.1 Central Valley Flood Protection Plan -- 3.3.2 Handbook for Local Communities -- 3.3.3 Building Code -- 3.3.4 Flood Risk Notification.