Provincial flood mitigation report consultation and recommendations

Groeneveld, George. (Author). Alberta (Added Author). Alberta. Flood Mitigation Committee. (Added Author). Canadian Electronic Library (Firm) (Added Author). Coherent Digital (Firm) (Added Author).

Summary: In Canada, floods are the most destructive natural disaster in terms of cumulative property damages and losses (Kumar et al., 2001). In Alberta, major floods along rivers and streams have resulted in loss of lives and hundreds of millions of dollars in damages. Major recent flood events occurred in 1995, 1997 and 2005. River floods can occur throughout the year with precipitation leading to summer floods (1995 and 2005 floods) and river ice creating a potential for flooding in the winter (1997 floods). River flooding in Southern Alberta during the spring of 2005 tragically resulted in the loss of 3 lives and an economic loss of hundreds of millions of dollars. To date, the federal and provincial governments have provided over $165 million in disaster assistance for this flood event.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 electronic text (18 p.) : digital file.
remote
Computer data.
electronic resource
Publisher: Edmonton, Alta. : Govt. of Alberta, [2006]

Content descriptions

General Note:	"Submitted on: November 10, 2006." CatMonthString:january.23 Issued as part of the desLibris documents collection. Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 5).
Formatted Contents Note:	1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 3. Activities of the Flood Mitigation Committee -- 4. Consultation results and recommendations -- 5. Future plans -- 6. Summary -- 7. References -- Appendices.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by Canada Commons.