ASFPM Foundation Forum – 2010 

The third assembly of the Gilbert F. White National Flood Policy Forum was held March 8-9, 2010, at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Its topic was "Management of Flood Risks and Floodplain Resources." The assembly comprised 100 nationally and internationally known experts, invited specifically for their knowledge and experience in resource management; engineering; economics; demography; land use; insurance; local, state, and federal government; environmental sciences; planning; risk analysis; the law; building and construction; emergency management; communication; transportation; finance; and policy analysis. They used their collective wisdom to consider how the risk management concept and its attendant techniques could be applied to minimize flood risk to humans, the built environment, infrastructure, society, and the natural functions and resources of floodplains. This report, Managing  Flood Risks and Floodplain Resources conveys the results of that dialogue. For full report, click here.