Flood Recovery, Innovation and Response

, by Proverbs, D.; Brebbia, C. A.; Penning-Rowsell, E.

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ISBN: 9781845641320 | 1845641329
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 6/24/2008

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Flood risk management vulnerability assessment and modelling. Special session organised by D. De Wrachien, S. Mambretti & A. Sole
Risk analysis and vulnerability assessment in flood protection and river basin management	p. 3
Flood-risk assessment and hazard mitigation measures: case studies and lessons learnt in Italy	p. 17
Flood risk modelling with LiDAR technology	p. 27
The October 2000 flood at the Po river and Sesia river junction	p. 37
Can the basin morphology alone provide an insight into floodplain delineation?	p. 47
Flood risk management
Two-dimensional urban flood simulation: Fukuoka flood disaster in 1999	p. 59
Flood management in the low lands: from probability to risk	p. 69
Flood risk consideration: a new paradigm? Urban examples in the middle valley of the Loire River (France)	p. 81
Systemic nature of, and diversification in systems exposed to, flood risk	p. 91
Flood defence methods
Assessment of extreme discharges of the Vltava River in Prague	p. 105
From hazard reduction to integrated risk management: toward adaptive flood prevention in Europe	p. 113
History of flood fighting in the Kisosansen River Basin	p. 123
Flood defense in Bekasi City, Indonesia	p. 133
Possibilities of hydraulic and hydrology simulation models as support to conventional methods for the limit of hazard zones by the example of the Donnersbach stream	p. 139
Web-GIS application for flood prediction and monitoring	p. 145
An insight into flood frequency for design floods	p. 155
Applications and risks associated with a low cost flood defence barrier	p. 165
Risk management in flood events	p. 175
Rehabilitation and restoration
Restoration projects and mitigation of post-flood hazards - a case study on the Maruyama River in Japan	p. 187
The industrialisation of UK flood damage repairs	p. 197
Rehabilitation and restoration of flood-damaged lowlands - an example in the Tokyo Lowlands	p. 207
Urban flood management - innovation in building resilience. Special session organised by C. Zevenbergen
Adapting to climate change: using urban renewal in managing long-term flood risk	p. 221
Integration of resiliency measures into flood risk management concepts of communities	p. 235
Efficiency of private flood proofing of new buildings - adapted redevelopment of a floodplain in The Netherlands	p. 247
Coping strategies
Recent developments in loss of life and evacuation modelling for flood event management in the UK	p. 263
Urban flood control policy for sustainability under global warming in Japan	p. 273
Differential vulnerability in coastal communities: evidence and lessons learned from two deltas	p. 283
Flood precaution and coping with floods of companies in Germany	p. 295
Cascading flood compartments with adaptive response	p. 303
Financial and insurance issues
Development and evaluation of FLEMOps - a new Flood Loss Estimation MOdel for the private sector	p. 315
Flood insurance in the UK - a survey of the experience of floodplain residents	p. 325
From flood risk to indirect flood impact: evaluation of street network performance for effective management, response and repair	p. 335
Author Index	p. 345
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