Mapping the Zone: Improving Flood Map Accuracy

by Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, National Research Council, Mapping Science Committee, et al.

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. Improving map accuracy is therefore not an...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309130573
• ISBN13: 9780309130578
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.4" x 10.9"