Development and Evaluation of the Profile Synthesis Method for Approximate Floodplain Redelineation

In the United States, the floodplain maps used in the administration of the National Flood Insurance Program are created and maintained by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Currently, a nationwide map modernization program is underway to convert the existing paper floodplain maps into a digi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dickerson, Thomas Ashby
Other Authors: Civil Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
Subjects:
GIS
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/35847
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11292007-123741/