FLOOD RESILIENCE
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Summary
Flood Resilience covers how flood risk is mapped and how buildings and sites are designed to avoid, resist, or recover from it. Notes run from hazard mapping and design flood elevation through mitigation, recovery, and longer-term adaptation to stormwater and sea level rise.
Types
- Flood Hazard Mapping and Design Flood Elevation
How FEMA flood maps define flood zones and base flood elevation, and how freeboard sets the design flood elevation for a site. - Flood Mitigation
Elevation, dry floodproofing, and wet floodproofing options for protecting buildings from flood damage, with FEMA technical references. - Flood Recovery
Drying, cleaning, and material replacement after a flood, with the 24 to 48 hour window for preventing mold. - Stormwater and Sea Level Rise Adaptation
Using NOAA sea level rise projections to plan for more frequent coastal flooding and for stormwater systems that must work under higher water levels.
Sources
- FEMA: Flood zones, https://fema.gov/flood-zones
- NOAA: 2022 Sea Level Rise Technical Report, https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/hazards/sealevelrise/sealevelrise-tech-report.html