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Books > Professional & Technical > Mechanical engineering & materials > Materials science > Mechanics of fluids > Hydraulics & pneumatics
This book examines national levee safety with a focus on
recommendations and strategic plan implementations of the National
Committee on Levee Safety. It is a critical juncture in our
nations' history with a burgeoning growth of risk to people and
infrastructure as a result of more than 100 years of inattention to
levee infrastructure combined with an economy and social fabric
that are in a particularly vulnerable state. The current levee
safety reality for the United States is stark and uncertain in
location, performance and condition of levees and a lack of
oversight, technical standards, and effective communication of
risks. A look to the future offers two distinct possibilities: one
where we continue the status quo and await the certainty of more
catastrophes or one where we take reasonable actions and
investments in a National Levee Safety Program that turns the tide
on risk growth.
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