2013 – ASFPM Releases A Guide for Higher Standards in Floodplain Management

The purpose of the Guide for Higher Regulatory Standards in Floodplain Management is to provide options for communities that want to implement floodplain regulations which reduce flood damage and the overall impacts of floods. These impacts include human risk, environmental damage, property damage, flood insurance claims, displacement of residents, and burden on community infrastructure and services. The Guide is not a substitute for a set of community floodplain regulations, nor is it a model floodplain ordinance. Rather it is a guide to enhancing existing regulations with higher standards that will greatly reduce risk, and provide a high level of protection to floodplain benefits and functions.