Mapping the Zone
Subtitle: Improving Flood Map Accuracy
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2009
Language: eng
Number of pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9780309130578
Subjects: Flood insurance; United states, maps; Valleys; Weather forecasting
Description: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Flood Insurance Rate Maps portray the height and extent to which flooding is expected to occur, and they form the basis for setting flood insurance premiums and regulating development in the floodplain. As such, they are an important tool for individuals, businesses, communities, and government agencies to understand and deal with flood hazard and flood risk.