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https://hdl.handle.net/11681/47800| Title: | Flood Damage Assessments Using Spatial Data Management Techniques |
| Authors: | Davis, Darryl W. Webb, R. Pat |
| Keywords: | Flood damage--Evaluation Computer programs Spatial analysis (Statistics) Floodplain management Flood control |
| Publisher: | Hydrologic Engineering Center (U.S.) |
| Abstract: | Modern damage appraisals serve the joint tasks of estimating existing damage potential and providing the bases for formulation and evaluation of a range of management actions expected to perform under alternative future development patterns and land use management policies. Spatial data management techniques in which land use, topographic and other natural resource information is catalogued into computerized data files offers substantial potential for performing comprehensive flood damage analysis to meet these needs. The strength of the techniques are the geographic and land use orientation that must be adopted to apply the methods and the significant opportunity to quantitatively assess land use development patterns and policies. In most flood plains, several unique activities that may collectively involve one or more structures do not fall into logically defined land use or damage potential categories. These may be major industries, unique commercial properties, or religious and service groups. Cataloguing and managing the damage potential of these structures individually seems appropriate to maintain credibility in the analysis. The Corps of Engineers Hydrologic Engineering Center has developed techniques that perform the spatial data analysis approach and individual structure approach and work is near completion on an integrated analysis package. The capability therefore exists to perform damage appraisals in a manner that encourages a general geographic and land use approach (thus greatly facilitating the study of nonstructural measures) while preserving the ability to analyze individual, unique structures should the need arise. This paper discusses the basic concepts of a spatial data management approach to damage appraisals and highlight(s) its integrated use with more traditional individual structure approaches. Selected example results are presented. |
| Description: | Technical Paper |
| Gov't Doc #: | Technical Paper No. 57 |
| Rights: | Approved for Public Release; Distribution is Unlimited |
| URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/11681/47800 |
| Appears in Collections: | Report |
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