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Application of Extreme Value Theory to Flood Damage
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Flood plain management requires assessment of the costs and benefits of all projects under consideration. The benefits translate mainly into flood damage reduction. This study presents a methodology for estimating flood ...
Cost‐Benefit Analysis of Flood‐Plain Zoning
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: The economic yield of a flood‐plain zoning program is measured by cost‐benefit analysis. The methodology entails the use of a probabilistic hydroeconomic model to evaluate expected flood damages with and without zoning. ...
Discussion of “<i>Recurrence Interval of Geophysical Events</i>” by Hugo A. Loaiciga and Miguel A. Marino (May/June, 1991, Vol. 117, No. 3)
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers