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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"flood zone"”.
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Quantifying the Impact of Remapping Floodplains on Residential Property Values in Snohomish County, Washington: A Hedonic Approach
<p>Flood events are the most common and costly natural disasters. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) quantifies flood risks in the form of Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMS). These FIRMS delineate flood risks and are used to set flood insurance premiums. Changes in land use, the …
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Reconceptualising Conservation: Towards Updating a Section of the District Plan for Driftsands
… to people as some setters have moved into the flood zone (WCG, 2021). There is thus a need to consider this site as a case study to rethinking conservation. The site provides an opportunity for planners to reconsider alternative methods of conservation. Therefore, the aim of the study is to …
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Examining Residents' Vulnerability from the Flood Hazard in the Onion Creek Neighborhood of Austin Texas: Who is At-Risk and Why?
… of downtown Austin that falls within the base floodplains where Base elevations are provided. As a result, it is a high-intensity flood zone. Demographically speaking, the region is occupied by residents of which the majority live above the poverty line and have an average Household Income of …
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STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PRACTICE MONITORING USING LONG-TERM TIME LAPSE ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY AND SOIL SENSORS: IMPLICATIONS FOR DESIGN, MAINTENANCE, AND SOIL MOISTURE MONITORING
… surface cover, urban areas are at high risk for flooding and, in cities with combined sewer systems, subject to sewer overflow during heavy storm events. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDot) is currently reconstructing and expanding parts of Interstate 95 (I-95) through the …
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Home, Again: Recommendations for strengthening social and financial post-buyout outcomes of the New Jersey Blue Acres Program
… homes that have undergone significant cumulative flood damage, or are poised to do so, is an increasingly relied upon tool used by government agencies, including the New Jersey Department of Environmental (NJDEP) Protection Blue Acres Program, to adapt within the arena of accelerating climate …
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Vulnerability of What? Vulnerability of Whom? : evaluating and communicating vulnerability to extreme floods in Houston, TX using a novel web-based platform
… and measures of vulnerability to extreme flood events, identifying gaps in existing categorical domain combinations and opportunities for the application of a novel method of synthesis for Houston, Texas, a city hit by three 500-year storms in as many years and in the process of updating …
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Essays on Real Estate, Flood Risk, and Political Sentiment
… chapters that investigate how climate change, flood risk, and political sentiment influence outcomes in housing markets.</p> <p>Chapter 1: This chapter offers a brief review and discussion of several recent and seminal papers at the intersection of flood risk, climate change, and real estate, …
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Multiproxy Analyses of Past Vegetation, Climate, and Sediment Dynamics in Hudson River Wetlands
… water filtration, primary production, flood-zone buffering, fisheries, and recreation. However, these valuable ecosystems are threatened by increasing anthropogenic activities, such as land clearing, channel modification, contamination release, and the introduction of invasive species …
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Bytové domy Hrušovany nad Jevišovkou
Tato bakalářská práce se zabývá vypracováním projektové dokumentace pro novostavbu bytového domu v Hrušovanech nad Jevišovkou, zpracované na úrovni dokumentace pro provádění stavby (DPS). Objekt je navržen jako samostatně stojící, čtyřpodlažní s plošným podsklepením. Konstrukční systém budovy …