The Influence of Regulations and Practices on the Implementation of Nonstructural Flood Plain Plans, Under Section 73 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1974 (PL 93-255): Case Study Analyses

摘要

This report is the result of case studies of actual Level C flood plain planning projects. It combined analysis of current procedures with the observation of actural on-going Level C nonstructural planning projects in the Connecticut River. It has three objects (1) agency planning procedures at field level, (2) Federal planning regulations and guidelines, and (3) cost sharing and financing procedures on the development of nonstructural plans for the case study communities and to suggest remedial changes which could enhance the potential for the development of implementable nonstructural solutions.