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Acronyms

AAL
Average Annual Loss

AD
Analysis Duration

AOB
Annual Operating Budget

ASCE
American Society of Civil Engineers

ASN
Acceleration-Sensitive Nonstructural

BCA
Benefit-Cost Analysis

BCAR
Benefit-Cost Analysis Re-engineering

BCR
Benefit-Cost Ratio

BFE
Base Flood Elevation

BRV
Building Replacement Value

BUR
Built-Up Roof

CFR
Code of Federal Regulations

CP
Continuity Premium

CPI
Consumer Price Index

DDF
Depth Damage Functions

DOL
Disruption of Life

DOT
U.S. Department of Transportation

DT
Demolition Threshold

DVKRI
Damage Values with Known Recurrence Intervals

DVURI
Damage Values with Unknown Recurrence Intervals

EAB
Expected Annual Net Benefit

EAD
Expected Annual Damages

EANEQ
Expected Annual Occurrence

EANF
Expected Annual Number of Floods

EANO
Expected Annual Number of Occurrences

ENR
Engineering News Record

EPA
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

FAA
Federal Aviation Administration

FD
Flooding Depth

FDM
Full Data Module

FEMA
Federal Emergency Management Agency

FFE
First Floor Elevation

FIS
Flood Insurance Study

GDP
Gross Domestic Product

GIS
Geographic Information System

HAZUS
Hazards U.S.

IBC
International Building Code

IDVKRI
Inflated Damage Values with Known Recurrence Intervals

IDVURI
Inflated Damage Values with Unknown Recurrence Intervals

IRC
International Residential Code

IWR
Institute of Water Resources

LACPR
Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration

LD
Limited Data

L-N
Log Normal

ln
Natural Logarithm

LND
Log-Normal Distribution

LOF
Loss of Function

NEHRP
National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program

NEPA
National Environmental Policy Act

NFPA
National Fire Protection Association

NHPA
National Historic Preservation Act

NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NRCS
Natural Resources Conservation Service

NWS
National Weather Service

OCC
Occupancy Class

OMB
Office of Management and Budget

PGA
Peak Ground Accelerations

PVC
Present Value Coefficient

RI
Recurrence Interval

SBE
Streambed Elevation

SD
Standard Deviation

SDF
Seismic Damage Function

SEMA
State Emergency Management Agency

SFD
Stream Flow Depth

SHMO
State Hazard Mitigation Officer

SHPO
State Historic Preservation Officer

SL
Structure Life

SPM
Single-Ply Membrane

TAG
Technical Advisory Group

TPT
Total Probability Theorem

UBC
Uniform Building Code

UIAD
User-Input Analysis Duration

URM
Unreinforced masonry (buildings)

USACE
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

USFS
U.S. Forest Service

USGS
U. S. Geological Survey

WDF
Wind Damage Functions

WIAB
What Is a Benefit?

WSE
Water Surface Elevation

WTP
Willingness to pay

Last Modified: Thursday, 12-Aug-2010 07:45:41 EDT