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The New Year's Eve Flood on Oahu, Hawaii December 31, 1987 - January 1, 1988 (1991) / Chapter Skim
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1 INTRODUCTION
Pages 7-8

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... EXPECTED LEVEL OF FLOOD PROTECTION As premium building and housing sites throughout the United States become developed, encroachment occurs onto relatively inexpensive and often more floodprone areas. Cities and counties are squeezed between the options of zoning for affordable housing and developing a viable tax base while at the same time protecting residents from natural disasters.
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... Current federal policies tend to place the burden of flood protection on local governments and on homeowners to obtain flood insurance. Flood control structures, as is the case for all civil engineering projects, must pass at least five tests of feasibility: (1)
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