Comprehensive Flood Risk Management: Research for Policy and Practice

by Frans Klijn (Editor), Timo Schweckendiek (Editor)

Overview

Flood risk management policy across the European Union is changing, partly in response to the EU Floods Directive and partly because of new scientific approaches and research findings. It involves a move towards comprehensive flood risk management, which requires bringing the following fields/domains closer together: the natural sciences, social sc

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781136694233
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	11/01/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	460
File size:	11 MB
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About the Author

Frans Klijn, Timo Schweckendiek

Table of Contents

Keynote presentation Where next in flood risk management? A personal view on research needs and directions P.G. Samuels Technical presentations Flood hazard analysis Flood defences Inundation modelling Flood consequences Flood risk analysis Flood hazard and risk mapping Flood risk management Long term planning for global change Governance policy instruments Vulnerability and resilience Risk communication Flood prediction and early warning Evacuation rescue Flood event management

Editorial Reviews

"… should be read by anyone in the world in charge of planning and managing emergency responses. Dr. Badiru is international well known for his handbooks that are often defined as the ‘bible for engineers.’"
—Dr. Ana Ferreras, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, USA

"A quick reference book to plan, prepare and coordinate different activities to mitigate disaster by using robotic technologies for First Response and optimization in evacuation route planning and decision making for disaster recovery operations , which are derived with system engineering approach and models, will help professionals and organizations to familiarize the practices to mitigate disaster, emergency responses, safety management and environmental protection. The book can be used to train masses in the society to enlighten the preparatory tasks to mitigate the disaster."
—Dr. Abdul Razzak Rumane, Director, Construction Quality Management, Dar Alkuwait Alkhaleejia for Consultation and Training, Kuwait

"A review of the incorporation of unmanned aircraft in the emergency response tool kit is timely and on-point … provides a thorough review of emergency response planning … I’m looking forward to reading this book"
—Dr. Julie White, United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, USA

"… should be read by anyone in the world in charge of planning and managing emergency responses. Dr. Badiru is international well known for his handbooks that are often defined as the ‘bible for engineers.’"
—Dr. Ana Ferreras, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, USA

"A quick reference book to plan, prepare and coordinate different activities to mitigate disaster by using robotic technologies for First Response and optimization in evacuation route planning and decision making for disaster recovery operations , which are derived with system engineering approach and models, will help professionals and organizations to familiarize the practices to mitigate disaster, emergency responses, safety management and environmental protection. The book can be used to train masses in the society to enlighten the preparatory tasks to mitigate the disaster."
—Dr. Abdul Razzak Rumane, Director, Construction Quality Management, Dar Alkuwait Alkhaleejia for Consultation and Training, Kuwait

"A review of the incorporation of unmanned aircraft in the emergency response tool kit is timely and on-point … provides a thorough review of emergency response planning … I’m looking forward to reading this book"
—Dr. Julie White, United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, USA

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