Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

International Conference on Flood Recovery, Innovation and Response (1st : 2008 : London, England)

Publication

Southampton : WIT, 2008.

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Additional Authors

• Proverbs, David G.
• Brebbia, C. A.
• Penning-Rowsell, Edmund C. (Edmund Charles), 1946-

Description

346 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.

Summary

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.

Series Statement

WIT transactions on ecology and the environment, 1746-448X ; v. 118

Uniform Title

WIT transactions on ecology and the environment ; v. 118.

Subject

• Floods > Congresses
• Floods
• Überschwemmung
• Naturkatastrophe

Genre/Form

Conference papers and proceedings.

Note

• 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.

Bibliography (note)

• 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
• 1845641329

LCCN

2008278088

OCLC

• ocn176927416
• 176927416
• SCSB-9130218

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library