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Flood Risk Management in Europe Innovation in Policy and Practice

:	Selina Begum, Marcel J.F. Stive, Jim W. Hall
:	Flood Risk Management in Europe Innovation in Policy and Practice
:	Springer-Verlag
:	9781402042003
:	1
:	CHF 115.50
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:	Sonstiges
:	English

:	532
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This valuable edition brings together 25 peer reviewed articles on technical, socio-economic, environmental and policy aspects of flood risk management. Some emerging technologies are presented and several future challenges are identified. Thus the book forms an excellent reference for the engineers, scientists, planners, policy-makers, researchers, insurance industry and all the practitioners involved in flood risk management.

	978-1-4020-4200-3_BookFrontmatter_OnlinePDF.pdf	2
	978-1-4020-4200-3_1_OnlinePDF.pdf	16
	SECTIONI Flood Risk Management Practice	16
	Decision-Making for Flood-Threatened Properties	17
	I. Kelman	17
	Introduction	17
	To Seal Or Not To Seal?	19
	Other Analytical Strategies for Individual Properties	25
	The Community Context	29
	Conclusions	31
	978-1-4020-4200-3_2_OnlinePDF.pdf	34
	The Influence of Floodplain Compartmentalization on Flood Risk Within the Rhine-Meuse Delta	34
	D. Alkema and H. Middelkoop	34
	Introduction	34
	Historic Background	36
	Inundation Scenarios	38
	Dike Failures	38
	Spill-Overs	38
	Breaches	39
	Topography	39
	The 2D-Flood Propagation Model Delft-FLS	42
	Data Requirements	43
	Model Output	43
	Model Sensitivity	43
	Boundary Conditions and Model Calibration	44
	River Discharge	44
	Stage Discharge Relations Waal and Meuse	44
	Surface Roughness Coefficients	45
	Model Calibration	45
	Flood Hazard Assessment	46
	Flood Damage Estimation	51
	Multi-Parameter Flood Hazard Estimation -- An Example	51
	Results and Conclusions	53
	978-1-4020-4200-3_3_OnlinePDF.pdf	56
	Osiris -- an Example of Citizen-Oriented Technology Development in the area of Dissemination of Information on Flood Risk Management	56
	M. Erlich	56
	Introduction	56
	The Osiris Context of the Flood Risk Management	57
	The Experience of Osiris	58
	Objectives of the Project	58
	Methodological Approach	59
	Results of OSIRIS	61
	OSIRIS Demonstrators and Lessons Learned	62
	Potential Services for Flood RiskManagemeNT	69
	Information Dissemination Services	69
	Services Related to Education	70
	Validation Process	71
	Concluding Remarks -- Towards Further Deployment of the Osiris Results -- Challenges for the Future	72
	978-1-4020-4200-3_4_OnlinePDF.pdf	74
	Evolving Concepts in Flood Risk Management: Searching for a Common Language	74
	K. De Bruijn, C. Green, C. Johnson and L. m1cfadden	74
	Introduction	74
	Flood Risk Management: an Integrated Approach to Coping With Floods	75
	Defining Resilience for Frm	77
	Natural Hazards and Vulnerability	80
	The Role of Uncertainty in Flood Risk Management	81
	Relationships Between Concepts	84
	Conclusion	86
	978-1-4020-4200-3_5_OnlinePDF.pdf	89
	Comrisk -- A transnational project of public authorities on coastal risk management	89
	J.L.A. HOFSTEDE	89
	Introduction	89
	The Project	91
	Subproject 1 -- Policies and Strategies	92
	Subproject 3 -- Public Perception and Participation	95
	Discussion and Outlook	98
	978-1-4020-4200-3_6_OnlinePDF.pdf	101
	Dike Investigations Using Geophysical Methods -- Techniques for the Future?	101
	R. Morawetz, J. SchöN, C. Wohlfahrt and M. Röck	101
	Introduction	101
	Description of Methods Tested	104
	Overview	104
	Methods	104
	Results of Test Measurements -- Case A	106
	Pilot Site St. Dionysen	106
	Pilot Site Spielfeld/Stra	106
	107	106
	Results of Test Measurements -- Case B	110
	Pilot Site Lobau	110
	Conclusions, Benefits and Limitations	114
	978-1-4020-4200-3_7_OnlinePDF.pdf	116
	SECTIONII Flood Events and Impacts	116
	The Environmental Impact of Flooding of The Dutch `Delta-Metropole'	117
	L.C.P.M. Stuyt, J.E.A. Reinders, E.E. Van Der Hoek, E.G.M. Hermans, M. De Muinck KeizeR, and J. Icke	117
	Introduction	117
	The `Krimpen' Case Study	118
	The Hydrodynamic Sobek Model `Delft1D-2D'	119
	The Water Quality Module `Delwaq'	121
	The `ERA' Sediment Transport Model	122
	Compounds and Physical Mechanisms	123
	Locations and Quantities of Pollutants	123
	Release of Pollutants into the Environment	125
	Results	127
	Suspended Particles	127
	Mono-Aromatics	127
	PAHs	129
	Alkanes and Alkenes	130
	DNAPLs	132
	Pesticides and Herbicides	132
	Heavy Metals	133
	Assessment of Damage From the Environmental Impacts	134
	Clean-up Costs	135
	Damage in Agriculture	136
	Conclusions	137
	978-1-4020-4200-3_8_OnlinePDF.pdf	140
	Structural Economic Effects of Large-Scale Inundation	140
	M. BoCkarjova, A.E. Steenge and A. Van Der Veen	140
	Introduction	140
	Damage	142
	Basic Concepts for Damage Estimation	142
	Indirect Effects in an Economy	144
	Damage: Towards a Consistent Set of Definitions for Direct and Indirect Costs	145
	Input-Output Analysis	145