Intro; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contents; Biographies; List of Figures; Chapter 1: Introduction; References; Part I: Big River Basins; Chapter 2: Managing Floods in Large River Basins in the USA: The Mississippi River; 2.1 Introduction; 2.1.1 The Mississippi River Basin; 2.1.2 Flood Risk Management in the Mississippi: History and Governance; 2.2 The 2011 Mississippi River Flood: What Worked; 2.3 Land-Use Conflicts in Floodways of the Mississippi River System; 2.3.1 Introduction; 2.3.2 The Birds Point: New Madrid Floodway; 2.3.3 The Atchafalaya Floodway System

2.3.4 Risk Perception and Implications for Floodway Operation2.3.5 Conclusion; 2.4 Mississippi River Navigation System: A Major Contributor to Flooding; 2.4.1 Introduction; 2.4.2 The Upper Mississippi River Navigation System; 2.4.3 River Training Structures in the Middle Mississippi River; 2.4.4 Scientific Consensus Regarding Effects of River Training Structures and the Agency Response; 2.4.5 Conclusion and Recommendations; 2.5 Floodplains: Meeting the Needs of People and Nature; References; Chapter 3: Managing Floods in Large River Basins in the USA: The Sacramento River; 3.1 Introduction

3.1.1 The Sacramento River Basin3.1.2 The Sacramento Valley: A Highly Engineered System; 3.1.3 Flood Risk Management in California: Governance System; 3.2 Managing Floods in the California Central Valley; 3.2.1 State Plan of Flood Control; 3.2.2 Standard Levee Design; 3.2.3 Heightened Protection for Urban Areas; 3.2.4 National Flood Insurance Program; 3.2.5 The Flood of 1986; 3.2.6 The Flood of 1997; 3.2.7 2003 Paterno Decision; 3.3 The Central Valley Flood Protection Plan; 3.3.1 Central Valley Flood Protection Plan; 3.3.2 Handbook for Local Communities; 3.3.3 Building Code

3.3.4 Flood Risk Notification3.3.5 Central Valley Floodplain Evaluation and Delineation; 3.3.6 Levee Evaluations; 3.3.7 Conclusion; 3.4 Adapting Flood Insurance for Agricultural Areas; 3.4.1 NFIP Policy and Agricultural Areas in the Central Valley; 3.4.2 Need for NFIP Policy Adjustments in Agricultural Areas; 3.4.3 Agricultural Zone Designation; 3.4.4 Rural Community Rating System; 3.4.5 Federal Credit Exchange; 3.4.6 Recommendations of the Agricultural Floodplain Ordinance Task Force; 3.5 Ecological and Social Benefits of Flood Bypasses in the Sacramento Valley

3.5.1 Expanded Flood Bypasses and Multi-benefit Flood Management3.5.2 Multi-benefit Flood Management Projects; 3.5.3 Conclusion and Challenges; References; Chapter 4: Managing Floods in Large River Basins in Europe: The Rhine River; 4.1 Introduction; 4.1.1 The Rhine River Basin and Its Significance; 4.1.2 Physical Geography of the Rhine; 4.1.3 Floods, Water Quality, and River Basin Management; 4.2 Restoring Flood Capacity and Ecological Function Along the Upper Rhine; 4.2.1 The Upper Rhine Before Significant Human Alterations