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Flood Risk : the Holistic Perspective.

According to the International Disaster Database (EM-DAT), over the last seventy years, floods have shown the fastest rate of increase relative to any other type of disasters. Devastation due to these events occurs almost daily.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Vojinovic, Zoran
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : IWA Publishing, 2015.
Colección:Urban hydroinformatics series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Foreword by Michael B. Abbott
  • Foreword by Kuniyoshi Takeuchi
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Chapter 1: Floods in urban areas
  • 1.1 Setting the Scene
  • 1.2 On Values and Qualities
  • 1.3 Paving the Way Forward: Shifting the Focus
  • 1.4 Differentiating between Different Types of Floods and Their Impacts
  • 1.5 The Need for Adaptation Calls for Holistic Approaches
  • 1.6 Towards a New Economic Paradigm: Economics, Ethics and Wellbeing
  • Chapter 2: Holistic thinking
  • 2.1 The Rise of Holistic Thinking
  • 2.2 From the Parts to the Whole2.3 Tracing the Roots of Urban Flood Risk from Four Levels of the Whole
  • 2.4 Mathematics of Complexity and Interactions
  • Chapter 3: Moving beyond traditional practices
  • 3.1 Towards Holistic Planning for Flood Resilience
  • 3.2 Synergy with Ecosystem Services
  • 3.3 Good Governance for Holistic Planning
  • 3.4 The ABC Framework for Implementation of Holistic Approaches
  • Chapter 4: A. Holistic risk assessment
  • 4.1 The Purpose of the Holistic Flood Risk Assessment
  • 4.2 Data Gathering
  • 4.3 Root Causes
  • 4.4 Diagnostics
  • 4.4.1 Assessment of hazards4.4.2 Assessment of vulnerabilities
  • 4.4.3 Assessment of impacts
  • 4.4.4 Quantitative assessment of risk
  • 4.4.5 Qualitative assessment of risk
  • 4.4.6 Combining quantitative and qualitative data and methods into holistic frameworks
  • 4.5 Uncertainty in Flood Risk Assessment
  • 4.6 Recognition
  • Raising Risk Awareness
  • 4.6.1 Methods for raising hazard/risk awareness
  • Chapter 5: B. Holistic scenario analysis
  • 5.1 The Purpose of the Holistic Scenario Analysis
  • 5.2 Identification of Drivers and Actors
  • 5.2.1 Climate change impacts on rainfall characteristics5.2.2 Population growth
  • 5.2.3 Land use change and economic growth
  • 5.2.4 Urban actors
  • 5.3 Assessment and Evaluation of Scenarios
  • 5.3.1 Climate change scenarios
  • 5.3.2 Socio-economic scenarios
  • 5.3.3 Evaluation of scenarios
  • 5.4 Supporting Tools for Holistic Scenario Analysis
  • 5.4.1 Climate modelling
  • 5.4.2 Modelling land-use change
  • 5.4.3 Modelling behaviour of actors
  • 5.5 Development of a Knowledgebase of Measures
  • 5.5.1 Pluvial flood protection
  • 5.5.2 Fluvial flood protection5.5.3 Groundwater flood protection
  • 5.5.4 Coastal flood protection
  • 5.5.5 Flash flood protection
  • 5.5.6 Stakeholder capacity building
  • 5.5.7 Land use planning
  • 5.5.8 Flood preparedness
  • 5.5.9 Contingency planning
  • 5.5.10 Financial preparedness
  • 5.5.11 Amenities of flood resilience measures
  • Chapter 6: C. Holistic decision-making
  • 6.1 The Purpose of the Holistic Decision-Making
  • 6.2 Development of Indicators
  • 6.3 Combining Different Measures for Flood Resilience
  • 6.4 Evaluation and Selection of Measures