Dam and Levee Safety and Community Resilience: A Vision for Future Practice
Committee on Integrating Dam and Levee Safety and Community Resilience; Committee on Geological and Geotechnical Engineering; Board on Earth Sciences and Resources; Division on Earth and Life Studies; National Research Council
NAS Press | 2012 | ISBN: 0309256143 9780309256148 | 173 pages | PDF | 6 MB
This book explains that fundamental shifts in safety culture will be necessary to integrate the concepts of resilience into dam and levee safety programs.
Collaboration between dam and levee safety professionals at all levels, persons and property owners at direct risk, members of the wider economy, and the social and environmental networks in a community would allow all stakeholders to understand risks, shared needs, and opportunities, and make more informed decisions related to dam and levee infrastructure and community resilience.