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Further Readings on Floods and Flooding
Devine, Robert S. 'The Trouble with Dams'. The Atlantic Monthly (August 1995): 64-74.
Looks at the effect of America's thousands of dams on ecosystems and tax payers.

Kundzewicz, Zbigniew W., ed. and Slobodan P. Simonovic, guest ed. 'Special Issue: Sustainable Development of Water Resources'. Hydrological Sciences Journal 42 (August 1997).
Comprised of 10 scientific papers on various aspects of the sustainable development of water resources. The papers examine the 'relationship between sustainable development and water resources management, criteria for sustainable water resources management and practical implications of sustainability'.

Lerner, Steve. New Pattonsburg, Missouri: Moving out of the Flood Plain and Designing an Environmentally Sustainable Community IN Eco-Pioneers: Practical Visionaries Solving Today's Environmental Problems, by Steve Lerner. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1997.

Proceedings of the Red River Valley '97 Flood Symposium 'The Flood of the Century': October 22 & 23, 1997 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Symposium on the causes, impacts and management of the Red River '97 Flood - the worst to devastate the Red River flood-plain in over 100 years.

Simonovic, Slobodan Risk in Sustainable Water Resources Management: [a paper presented at the] International Symposium on Sustainability of Water Resources under Increasing Uncertainty [held] Rabat, Morocco from 23 April to 3 May 1997.
Develops a conceptual understanding of the sources of uncertainty and looks at uncertainty in relation to risk definition and management. Also presents a detailed review of approaches for risk management.

United Kingdom Environment Agency. Policy and Practice for the Protection of Floodplains. Bristol, UK: Agency. Environment Agency, 1997.
Environment Agency's guidelines for planners which encourage sustainable development by taking into account the natural processes of ecosystems and avoiding the commitment of future generations to unnecessary flood risks and a damaged environment.