Biodiversity and the landscape
Follow the water: the opportunity for watershed planning
Flooding from increased precipitation
Flooding from severe storms
Economic and social costs of water-related natural disasters.
Understanding the natural water balance
When the water balance is altered
Subsurface water movement
Stream systems, wetlands, Riparian Zones, and floodplains
When the landscape is altered
Altered stream systems and increased flood damage
Why detention does not solve flooding
Summary: the natural landscape as a model for resilient design
6. Design for inland flooding
Resilient design for inland flooding
Tools for watershed protection
Communities and buildings in floodplains.
III: Flood-resistant design
Flood elevation: base flood and design flood
Flood barriers and floodgates
Summary of coastal protection measures
9. Flood design practices for buildings
Flood design at the building scale.
IV: Design for resilience
10. Flood-resistant design for sties and communities
Comprehensive planning for resilient communities
Local actions to build community resilience
Sea level rise: the issues
Sea level rise: design responses
12. Design for resilience
Models for national and international action
