Flood recovery, innovation and response / edited by D. Proverbs, C.A. Brebbia, E. Penning-Rowsell.

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International Conference on Flood Recovery, Innovation and Response (1st : 2008 : London, England) [Browse]
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Book
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English
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Southampton : WIT, 2008.
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346 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

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    This volume contains the scientific papers presented at the inaugural International Conference on Flood Recovery Innovation and Response ( FRIAR ), held at the headquarters of the Institution of Civil Engineers in London, UK, July 2-3, 2008. The conference aims to bring together engineers, scientists and other professionals from all countries, involved in research and development activities in a wide range of technical and management topics related to flooding and its devastating effects. The scientific topics presented the conference included: Flood Risk Analysis and Vulnerability Assessment; Flood Risk Management; Flood Defence Methods; Rehabilitation and Restoration; Urban Flood Management - Innovation in Building Resilience; Coping Strategies; Financial and Insuring Issues.
    Notes
    Papers presented at the first international conference on Flood Recovery, Innovation and Response (FRIAR) held at the headquarters of the Institution of Civil Engineers in London, July 2-3, 2008.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Sect. 1. 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 / D. De Wrachien, S. Mambretti and A. Sole
    • Flood-risk assessment and hazard mitigation measures: case studies and lessons learnt in Italy / S. Mambretti, D. De Wrachien and A. Sole
    • Flood risk modelling with LiDAR technology / A. Sole, L. Giosa, L. Nole, V. Medina and A. Bateman
    • The October 2000 flood at the Po river and Sesia river junction / M. Fugazza, P. Magri, L. Natale and F. Savi
    • Can the basin morphology alone provide an insight into floodplain delineation? / S. Manfredo, A. Sole and M. Fiorentino
    • Sect. 2. Flood risk management
    • Two-dimensional urban flood simulation: Fukuoka flood disaster in 1999 / H. Hashimoto and K. Park
    • Flood management in the low lands: from probability to risk / B. Broekhans and A. F. Correlje
    • Flood risk consideration: a new paradigm? Urban examples in the
    • Middle valley of the Loire River (France) / J. L. Yengue, M. Amalric, D. Andrieu, M. Fournier, J. Serrano, S. Servain and L. Verdelli
    • Systemic nature of, and diversification in systems exposed to, flood risk / R. Khatibi
    • Sect. 3. Flood defence methods
    • Assessment of extreme discharges of the Vltava River in Prague / M. Holicky, K. Jung and M. Sykora
    • From hazard reduction to integrated risk management: toward adaptive flood prevention in Europe / F. Vinet
    • History of flood fighting in the Kisosansen River Basin / Y. Takeuchi, M. Takezawa and H. Gotoh
    • Flood defense in Bekasi City, Indonesia / T. Kadri
    • 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 / S. Janu
    • Web-GIS application for flood prediction and monitoring / D. Mioc, B. G. Nickerson, F. Anton, D. Fraser, E. MacGillivray, A. Morton, P. Tang, J. P. Arp and G. Liang
    • An insight into flood frequency for design floods / M. Mohssen
    • Applications and risks associated with a low cost flood defence barrier / J. R. Greenwood, P. Atchison and S. P. Corbet
    • Risk management in flood events / G. Ciaravino, L. Ciaravino, G. Grimaldi, G. Lombardi and L. S. Sorvino
    • Sect. 4. Rehabilitation and restoration
    • Restoration projects and
    • Mitigation of post-flood hazards
    • a case study on the Maruyama River in Japan / M. Takezawa, Y. Maeno, Y. Yamashiki, H. Gotoh, M. Kawashima and T. Tanaka
    • The industrialisation of UK flood damage repairs / T. Boobier
    • Rehabilitation and restoration of flood-damaged lowlands
    • an example in the Tokyo Lowlands / H. Gotoh, M. Takezawa, Y. Maeno, S. Nagashima, M. Ohta and H. Oshiki
    • Sect. 5. 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 / C. Zevenbergen, W. Veerbeek, B. Gersonius, J. Thepen and S. van Herk
    • Integration of resiliency measures into flood risk management concepts of communities / N. Manojlovic and E. Pasche
    • Efficiency of private flood proofing of new buildings
    • adapted redevelopment of a floodplain in The Netherlands / B. Gersonius, C. Zevenbergen, N. Puyan and M. M. M. Billah
    • Sect. 6. Coping strategies
    • Recent developments in loss of life and evacuation modelling for flood event management in the UK / D. Lumbroso and M. Di Mauro
    • Urban flood control policy for sustainability under global warming in Japan / Y. Kawata
    • Differential vulnerability in coastal communities: evidence and lessons learned from two deltas / M. Marchand
    • Flood precaution and coping with floods of companies in Germany / H. Kreibich, I. Seifert, A. H. Thieken
    • And B. Merz
    • Cascading flood compartments with adaptive response / E. Pasche, G. Ujeyl, D. Goltermann, J. Meng, E. Nehlsen and M. Wilke
    • Sect. 7. Financial and insurance issues
    • Development and evaluation of FLEMOps
    • a new Flood Loss Estimation MOdel for the private sector / A. H. Thieken, A. Olschewski, H. Kreibich, S. Kobsch and B. Merz
    • Flood insurance in the UK
    • a survey of the experience of floodplain residents / J. E. Lamond and D.
    • G. Proverbs
    • From flood risk to indirect flood impact: evaluation of street network performance for effective management, response and repair / J. Gil and P. Steinbach.
    ISBN
    • 9781845641320 ((hardcover))
    • 1845641329 ((hardcover))
    LCCN
    2008278088
    OCLC
    176927416
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