| Acronym |
Term |
| 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 |
