TAILIEUCHUNG - DAM AND LEVEE SAFETY AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCE

Late in 2005, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, . newspapers were filled with speculation as to whether New Orleans would continue to exist as a great and unique American city. Levee and floodwall failure had inundated large parts of the city and resulted in more than 1,500 deaths and catastrophic damage to property and the economy. In 2011, extreme amounts of precipitation, inadequate levees, and possible mismanagement of reservoirs contributed to widespread flooding around Bangkok, Thailand. More than 500 deaths have been associated with that flood,1 and the closing of more than 1,000 industrial facilities had severe repercussions for global supply chains in the electronics and. | Dam and Levee Safety and Community Resilience A Vision for Future Practice an p o 11 7 ỵ1ỵgiỊ. . 10 1 OMii il0 0o00101010re Sv Í OIO 0 0 w ổn 13 T o 100101 Su st a Viiab ỉlityu SiiciKRiShtAn rning moLlMa rketsOlllOlOlOO 10 It 1 llnteio 1 OOliOTerrornolnic 5 J I. kkv ÌaeOOOO J j . vr National Research Council Alanuha. I H Economics Clobal Markets flEnvironment innovation Sustainability Security Risk V. Qa 1 1 THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS DAM AND LEVEE SAFETY AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCE A VISION FOR FUTURE PRACTICE Committee on Integrating Dam and Levee Safety and Community Resilience Committee on Geological and Geotechnical Engineering Board on Earth Sciences and Resources Division on Earth and Life Studies NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS Washington . THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS 500 Fifth Street NW Washington DC 20001 NOTICE The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences the National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance. This study was supported by Contract HSFEHQ-10-C-1400 between the National Academy of Sciences and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Any opinions findings conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the organizations or agencies that provided support for the project. International Standard Book Number-13 978-0-309-25614-8 International Standard Book Number-10 0-309-25614-3 Additional copies of this report are available for sale from the National Academies Press 500 Fifth Street NW Keck 360 Washington DC 20001 800 624-6242 or 202 334-3313 http www. . Copyright 2012 by the National .

• Y học thường thức
• The Committee’s Task
• Community Resilience
• Managing Risk
• Conceptual Framework
• Levee Performance
• Committee Biographies
• Resilient Community