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Using GIS to Demonstrate Successful Floodplain Management

FEMA 416 CD2002CD-ROMFree

This floodplain management case study explains how GIS was used as the technical foundation for an enhanced floodplain management program. It includes a slide presentation that illustrates the use of GIS by Kinston, North Carolina,as an example of successful floodplain management. The CD allows users to view sample maps data, photographs, resource documents, GIS database sources, and Web resources to aid communities in the development of successful mitigation strategies.

Copies are available from the FEMA Distribution Center, P.O. Box 2013,Jessup, MD 20794-2012, USA. Tel: (800) 480-2520; Fax: (301) 362 5335.