Principles and practices of planning, siting, designing, constructing, and maintaining residential buildings in coastal areas.

Environmental and regulatory factors -- Site analysis and design -- Architectural design examples -- Design and construction guidelines -- Cost analysis -- Resource materials.

"FEMA 85 has been updated to reflect the requirements of the most current codes and standards and to provide a best practices approach in reducing damages from natural hazards. Designs are included for wood-framed foundations, conventional concrete and masonry pier foundations, and ground anchors. A detailed example showing step-by-step procedures on how to design a foundation for a manufactured home is also included"--Preface.

This publication shows how floodprone houses in south Florida were elevated above the 100-year flood level following Hurricane Andrew. Alternative elevation techniques are also demonstrated.-- FEMA.gov.

"This guide is intended to help local offices in cities, towns, villages, and counties in the United States understand what they can do to reduce the damage, disruption, and public and private costs that result from the shallow, localized flooding that occurs within their jurisdictions. This is flooding that all too often escapes the attention received by larger floods or those that are clearly mapped and subject to floodplain development regulations"--Publisher's website.

"Created by the Congress in 1968, the National Flood Insurance Program aims to reduce future damage to new and substantially improved construction through prudent floodplain development and to transfer the risk of that development from the taxpayer to the property owner through an insurance mechanism that protects the financial interest of the property owner while requiring a premium to be paid for that protection. The Federal Emergency Management Agency identifies and maps flood hazards nationwide. Flood Insurance Rate Maps distinguish several flood hazard zones, including the 100-year floodplain, which is defined as an area inundated by a flood that has a one-percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any year (i.e., the 100-year flood, also called the Base Flood Elevation)" -- Page 2 of cover.

Principles and practices for the design and construction of flood resistant building utility systems