Reducing Damage from Localized Flooding
FEMA 511
This guide is intended to help local offices in cities, towns, villages, and counties in the United States understand what they can do to reduce the damage, disruption, and public and private costs that result from the shallow, localized flooding that occurs within their jurisdictions. This is flooding that all too often escapes the attention received by larger floods or those that are clearly mapped and subject to floodplain development regulations.
Target Audience: State and Local Officials
Size: 200+ pages
Complete Document
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents (PDF 388KB)
- Acknowledgements
- Terminology
- Part I. Introduction
- Part II. Community-Level Tools and Techniques
- Chapter 3. Community-Level Activities (PDF 448KB)
- The Strategy
- A Community Plan
- Building Capabilities
- Where to Get Help
- Chapter 4. Regulatory Tools (PDF 1.1MB)
- A Regulatory Floodplain Map
- Land Use Regulations
- Standards for Subdivisions
- Floodplain Regulations
- Site Drainage
- Where to Get Help
- Chapter 5. Public Information and Awareness (PDF 484KB)
- Answer Questions
- Provide Resources for the Public
- Deliver Flood Information
- Educate to Build Community Capability
- Where to Get Help
- Chapter 6. Warning and Emergency Services (PDF 612KB)
- Recognizing the Threat
- Issuing the Warning
- Responding to the Threat
- Informing the Public
- StormReady Program
- After the Flood
- Where to Get Help
- Chapter 3. Community-Level Activities (PDF 448KB)
- Part III. Neighborhood-Level Tools and Techniques
- Chapter 7. Area Analysis (PDF 387KB)
- The “Area”
- Conducting the Analysis
- Follow-Up Activities
- Funding
- Where to Get Help
- Chapter 8. Drainage Improvements (PDF 3MB)
- The Drainage System
- Modifying the Drainage System
- Maintaining the Drainage System
- Where to Get Help
- Chapter 9. Redevelopment (PDF 771KB)
- Redevelopment Objectives
- Clearing the Area
- Reuse of the Area
- Where to Get Help
- Chapter 7. Area Analysis (PDF 387KB)
- Part IV. Site-Specific Tools and Techniques
- References (PDF 439KB)
- Appendix A. Sources of Assistance
- Organizations
- State and Local Entities
- Appendix B. Reference Works and Recommended Reading
- Community-Level Approaches
- Regulatory Tools
- Public Information and Awareness
- Warnings and Emergency Services
- Area Analysis
- Drainage Improvements
- Redevelopment
- Retrofitting
- Index
- Appendix A. Sources of Assistance
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