{"Page URL":["https://www.appropedia.org/Beyond_Dams/Separating_the_People_and_the_Threat"],"Page affiliations":["International Rivers","American Rivers"],"Page authors":["User:Curtbeckmann"],"Page description":["Regardless of the risks involved, people do and will continue to live in the floodplain, both upstream and downstream from dams. And, as scientists and river managers have discovered, many of the dams constructed for flood management are no longer or have never fully achieved that objective. Floodplain management encompasses a wide variety of regulatory, planning and structural measures aimed at reducing the risk of loss of property and human lives in the event of a flood. Flood management measures include zoning, flood proofing, building standards, and warning systems. An important component of floodplain management is controlling the development of floodplains to place people and flood intolerant land uses in areas with relatively lower flood risk (i.e., land at higher elevation or greater distance from the river). Land with greater flood risk is used for more flood tolerant activities, such as agriculture, parks and parking lots. This type of zoning or resettlement has the biggest impact on the need for an existing or new dam aimed at flood management. If property and people cannot be located out of flood prone areas, flood proofing or some of the \"natural\" flood management measures discussed above can prevent floodwaters from reaching areas at risk. While it is not likely that flood proofing alone will lead to the removal of a dam designed for flood management or delay a proposed flood management dam, it can be a useful tool when used in conjunction with the alternatives discussed above."],"Page image":["File:Flood wall being erected.JPG"],"Page is ported from":["https://www.irn.org/files/basics/alternatives/pdf/BeyondDams.pdf"],"Page keywords":["Water","flood management","beyond dams"],"Page language":["en"],"Page license":["CC-BY-SA-3.0"],"Page parent":["Beyond Dams"],"Page root":["Beyond Dams"],"Page title":["Beyond Dams/Separating the People and the Threat"],"Page views":[63],"Page year":["Sunday, 01-Jan-06 00:00:00 UTC"],"Project authors":["Elizabeth Brink","Serena McClain","Steve Rothert"],"Project coordinates":["36.701463888889, -118.75599722222"],"Project location":["California, USA"],"Project thumb":["https://www.appropedia.org/w/images/thumb/d/df/Flood_wall_being_erected.JPG/330px-Flood_wall_being_erected.JPG"],"Modification date":["Tuesday, 01-Sep-26 00:39:15 UTC"]}