Uncertainty Analysis for Urban Flood Damage Reduction Benefits: Attitudes and Practices of Corps of Engineer Economists

Abstract

This paper is a product of the Institute for Water Resources (IWR) research on uncertainty in benefit analysis. The research is intended to enable Corps of Engineer economists to make better estimates of project benefits with limited resources, and to help the Corps to better orient its research program to provide useful methods and empirical data for resolving uncertainty in project planning. To help focus the effort, IWR organized a workshop on 29 April 1988 to determine the current attitudes and practices from a survey of Corps economists. This report summarizes the questionnaire which covered the most significant topics of that workshop. Keywords: Uncertainty analysis; Cost-benefit analysis; Flood control; Urban flood economics.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 12, 1989
Accession Number
ADA204944

Entities

People

  • Mary Ballew
  • Samuel J. Ratick
  • Stuart A. Davis

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Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Corps Of Engineers
  • Coastal Flooding
  • Coefficients
  • Cost Estimates
  • Costs
  • Economic Analysis
  • Economics
  • Engineers
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Flood Control
  • Flood Damage
  • Floods
  • Guidance
  • Standards
  • Surveys
  • Water
  • Water Resources

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