Author: Federal Emergency Management Agency
Publisher: www.Militarybookshop.CompanyUK
Published: 2013-11-01
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781782665267
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The 2011 Coastal Construction Manual, Fourth Edition (FEMA P-55), is a two-volume publication that provides a comprehensive approach to planning, siting, designing, constructing, and maintaining homes in the coastal environment. This volume, volume I provides information about hazard identification, siting decisions, regulatory requirements, economic implications, and risk management. The primary audience for Volume I is design professionals, officials, and those involved in the decision-making process. Includes full color photographs and illustrations.
Author: Christopher Jones
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 2001-04
Total Pages: 345
ISBN-13: 0756708532
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This manual will help individuals, communities, states, and others create sustainable, disaster-resistant communities. Describes the best practices in hazard identification, planning, siting, design, and construction that can be used in coastal residential construction. Coastal areas offer significant natural resources and continue to draw an increasing population for recreation, working, and living. These areas can also pose significant natural hazards from winds, flooding, earthquakes, and tsunamis. This manual describes the best practices in residential construction in coastal areas that can be used to help create sustainable and livable coastal communities. Illustrated.