×
All resources Get Started
☰

Subdivision Design and Flood Hazard Areas | APA, 2016

This resource serves to make the case for better flood management and highlights the value of an integrated community approach.
View File Download File

This resource offers tools to learn how to adopt a comprehensive and integrated approach to protecting floodplains and other natural areas and to align development with community goals via 5 general principles: 

      1. Maintain natural and beneficial functions of the floodplain
      2. Adopt a No Adverse Impact approach to floodplain management 
      3. Avoid new development in the floodplain whenever feasible
      4. Focus on data-driven decision making, using only the best available data to assess risk and inform decisions 
      5. Consider future conditions of the floodplain, including development impacts and climate change

Comments / Documents

0 Comments

Post a Comment

Add a comment or document to framework event

Administrator

Document

Maximum file size: 153.6MB

Optional

The Water Center at Penn and WaterNow Alliance Flood and Stormwater Management Guide

With support from the Kresge Foundation

How this guide works

Get Started

Get Started

For the best experience get started in the beginning.

Tap in
Address *
Address
City
State/Province
Zip/Postal
Would you like to become a WaterNow member? It's free to join. *