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Introduction
The floodplain
Floods are natural
Causes of flooding
Snowmelt runoff
Rainfall
Extreme rainfalls
Ice jams
Catastrophic outbursts
Summit Lake jökulhlaup
Jökulhlaups in western Canada
Coastal storms
Tsunami
Cyclones and hurricanes
North Atlantic storm tracks in October
Urban stormwater runoff
Dam failure
Costs of flooding
Immeasurable loss
Flood damage costs and compensation
Examples of disaster assistance payments
Federal payments under DFAA
Reducing flood damage
Historical background
Non-structural and structural measures
Non-structural measures
Floodplain management
Flood forecasting and warning
Data collection and management
Techniques and procedures
Flood control operations
Flood event communications
Forecasting centres across Canada
Emergency measures
Stormwater management
Effects of urbanization on volume and rates of surface water runoff
Structural measures
Dams
Dykes
Channel improvements
Flow regulation
(diversions, storage)
Ice booms
Case studies: flood control on the Red, Assiniboine and Fraser Rivers
Floodproofing
Basic approaches to floodproofing
Emergency measures
Floodproofing cross-section of a sandbag dyke
Floodproofing your home
Flooding events in Canada
Average annual maximum flow
Flood events by province and territory
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