Frontiers in Flood Research
Title | Frontiers in Flood Research PDF eBook |
Author | Ioulia Tchiguirinskaia |
Publisher | |
Pages | 230 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 9781901502633 |
Flooding on Coral Reef-lined Coasts: Current State of Knowledge and Future Challenges
Title | Flooding on Coral Reef-lined Coasts: Current State of Knowledge and Future Challenges PDF eBook |
Author | Curt D. Storlazzi |
Publisher | Frontiers Media SA |
Pages | 127 |
Release | 2021-02-11 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 2889664783 |
Plant responses to flooding
Title | Plant responses to flooding PDF eBook |
Author | Pierdomenico Perata |
Publisher | Frontiers E-books |
Pages | 143 |
Release | 2015-01-05 |
Genre | Botany |
ISBN | 2889193047 |
Citizen Science: Reducing Risk and Building Resilience to Natural Hazards
Title | Citizen Science: Reducing Risk and Building Resilience to Natural Hazards PDF eBook |
Author | Jonathan D. Paul |
Publisher | Frontiers Media SA |
Pages | 188 |
Release | 2020-01-17 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 2889634019 |
Coastal Flooding: Modeling, Monitoring, and Protection Systems
Title | Coastal Flooding: Modeling, Monitoring, and Protection Systems PDF eBook |
Author | Valentina Prigiobbe |
Publisher | Frontiers Media SA |
Pages | 165 |
Release | 2022-02-21 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 2889744558 |
New Frontiers in Flood Risk Management
Title | New Frontiers in Flood Risk Management PDF eBook |
Author | Guangwei Huang |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2020 |
Genre | Electronic books |
ISBN |
Flood risk management has been studied extensively and intensively in many academic fields from civil engineering, sociology, economics, culture, and even psychology. However, the fact that flooding accounts for a greater number of damaging events than any other type of natural events worldwide on an yearly scale proves that our understanding of flooding is still insufficient, flawed, and fragmented. This chapter intends to shed new light on a number of issues that deserve more comprehensive study in order to advance flood risk management. As a result, a new two-layer framework of vulnerability is proposed, which can lead to a better understanding of, and new approaches to, flood risk management.
Flood Risk Science and Management
Title | Flood Risk Science and Management PDF eBook |
Author | Gareth Pender |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Pages | 744 |
Release | 2010-12-01 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 144434076X |
Approaches to avoid loss of life and limit disruption and damage from flooding have changed significantly in recent years. Worldwide, there has been a move from a strategy of flood defence to one of flood risk management. Flood risk management includes flood prevention using hard defences, where appropriate, but also requires that society learns to live with floods and that stakeholders living in flood prone areas develop coping strategies to increase their resilience to flood impacts when these occur. This change in approach represents a paradigm shift which stems from the realisation that continuing to strengthen and extend conventional flood defences is unsustainable economically, environmentally, and in terms of social equity. Flood risk management recognises that a sustainable approach must rest on integrated measures that reduce not only the probability of flooding, but also the consequences. This is essential as increases in the probability of inundation are inevitable in many areas of the world due to climate change, while socio-economic development will lead to spiralling increases in the consequences of flooding unless land use in floodplains is carefully planned. Flood Risk Science and Management provides an extensive and comprehensive synthesis of current research in flood management; providing a multi-disciplinary reference text covering a wide range of flood management topics. Its targeted readership is the international research community (from research students through to senior staff) and flood management professionals, such as engineers, planners, government officials and those with flood management responsibility in the public sector. By using the concept of case study chapters, international coverage is given to the topic, ensuring a world-wide relevance.