URBDP 598C Floodplain Management and Planning for River Communities
Department of Urban Design and Planning – Fall Quarter 2012
(3 Credits)
Class meets Monday and Wednesday from 4:30 PM until 5:50 PM.
Instructor: Bob Freitag

Our riverine and coastal floodplains are rapidly degrading and losing
their ability to provide services we rely on. Our built environment and
changes to our climate are stressing this natural capital.
This course will focus on ways to live with flooding using Skagit River
communities as case studies. After taking this course, you will be able to:
  – Identify coastal and riverine floodplain services, values and assets
  – Determine risks and opportunities associated with flooding and
floodplains
  – Apply major risk reduction and opportunity enhancement strategies to
protect identified values and assets.
  – Locate tools to advance identified strategies
  – Identify co-benefits and adverse impacts resulting from your strategies
  – Have a better appreciation for coastal and riverine floodplains

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