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Mapping the Zone

Committee on FEMA Flood Maps

2009136 pagesabout 2–3 hours
2009
first published
  • 2009National Academies Press · ENGISBN 9780309130585
  • 2009National Academies Press · ENGISBN 9780309188975
  • 2009National Academies Press · ENGISBN 9780309185462
  • 2009National Academies Press · 136 pages · ENGISBN 9780309130578

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Flood Insurance Rate Maps portray the height and extent to which flooding is expected to occur, and they form the basis for setting flood insurance premiums and regulating development in the floodplain. As such, they are an important tool for individuals, businesses, communities, and government agencies to understand and deal with flood hazard and flood risk.

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