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by richards • February 1, 2013 • Comments Off on Flood Control History

The Nation’s Responses To Flood Disasters: A Historical Account

Alexander, J.S., Wilson, R.C., and Green, W.R., 2012, A brief history and summary of the effects of river engineering and dams on the Mississippi River system and delta: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1375, 43 p 2012.

Interagency Floodplain Mgmt. Review Comm., Sharing the Challenge: Floodplain Management into the 21st Century 2 (1994)

Task Force on Federal Flood Control Policy. A Unified National Program for Managing Flood Losses: Communication from the President of the United States Transmitting a Report. Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O., 1966.

Gilbert F White, Human adjustment to floods: a geographical approach to the flood problem in the United States (1945).

 

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