Flood Risk Management
β Oliver P. Chin
π Library
π
2009
π Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated
π English
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Managing Flood Risk
β Scribed by Anna Serra-Llobet, G. Mathias Kondolf, Kathleen Schaefer, Scott Nicholson
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing;Palgrave Macmillan
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 181
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
The past half century has seen an evolution in thinking from βflood controlβ to βflood risk managementβ, recognizing that risk results from both hazard and vulnerability. Rather than rely only on engineering structures to reduce flood magnitude or extent, recent policies emphasize avoiding construction in flood-prone areas (or moving people from floodplains), reducing impacts on exposed populations through early warning systems, and insurance to aid in recovery. Implementing this new approach faces many challenges but also offers opportunities for synergies, as described in this book for a range of large floodplain rivers and smaller urban streams across North America and Europe. This book is unique in presenting the voices of those on the front lines of implementing a new paradigm in flood risk management, each river with a unique set of challenges and opportunities derived from its specific geography as well as differences in governance between the American and European contexts.
β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter ....Pages i-xxv
Introduction (Anna Serra-Llobet, G. Mathias Kondolf, Kathleen Schaefer, Scott Nicholson)....Pages 1-8
Front Matter ....Pages 9-9
Managing Floods in Large River Basins in the USA: The Mississippi River (Charles E. Shadie, Pilar Lopez-Llompart, Melissa Samet, Todd Strole, G. Mathias Kondolf)....Pages 11-41
Managing Floods in Large River Basins in the USA: The Sacramento River (Rod Mayer, Timothy Washburn, John Cain, Anna Serra-Llobet)....Pages 43-73
Managing Floods in Large River Basins in Europe: The Rhine River (Laurent Schmitt, Dale Morris, G. Mathias Kondolf)....Pages 75-89
Front Matter ....Pages 91-91
Managing Floods in Mediterranean-Climate Urban Catchments: Experiences in the San Francisco Bay Area (California, USA) and the Tagus Estuary (Portugal) (Pedro Pinto, Raymond Wong, Jack Curley, Ralph Johnson, Liang Xu, Len Materman et al.)....Pages 93-133
Managing Floods in Urban Catchments: Experiences in Denver Area (Colorado, USA) and Geneva (Switzerland) (Bill De Groot, David Mallory, Georges Descombes, G. Mathias Kondolf, Anna Serra-Llobet)....Pages 135-146
Conclusions (Anna Serra-Llobet, G. Mathias Kondolf)....Pages 147-153
Back Matter ....Pages 155-164
β¦ Subjects
Geography; Environmental Geography; Environmental Sociology; Environmental Management; Geomorphology; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management; Hydrology/Water Resources
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