Download or Read online Elevation Data for Floodplain Mapping full in PDF, ePub and kindle. this book written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press which was released on 16 September 2007 with total page 167 pages. We cannot guarantee that Elevation Data for Floodplain Mapping book is available in the library, click Get Book button and read full online book in your kindle, tablet, IPAD, PC or mobile whenever and wherever You Like. Floodplain maps serve as the basis for determining whether homes or buildings require flood insurance under the National Flood Insurance Program run by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Approximately $650 billion in insured assets are now covered under the program. FEMA is modernizing floodplain maps to better serve the program. However, concerns have been raised as to the adequacy of the base map information available to support floodplain map modernization. Elevation Data for Floodplain Mapping shows that there is sufficient two-dimensional base map imagery to meet FEMA's flood map modernization goals, but that the three-dimensional base elevation data that are needed to determine whether a building should have flood insurance are not adequate. This book makes recommendations for a new national digital elevation data collection program to redress the inadequacy. Policy makers; property insurance professionals; federal, local, and state governments; and others concerned with natural disaster prevention and preparedness will find this book of interest.
Elevation Data for Floodplain Mapping
- Author : National Research Council
- Publisher : National Academies Press
- Pages : 167 pages
- ISBN : 0309104092
- Release : 16 September 2007
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