Floods 2: Risk Management presents the state-of-the-art of the scientific issues surrounding the problem of floods. Chapters are written by specialists, but remain accessible to the common scientist with content that is valuable to other disciplines, students and risk managers. The book's aim is to promote cross disciplinary dialogue between sciences and institutions in charge of flood risk management (hydrology, hydraulic modeling, sociology and crisis management). Presents the state-of-the-art surrounding flood issues, from the description of the phenomena, to the management of risk (dikes, dams, reducing vulnerability and management of crisis)Written by specialists, but accessible to mainstream scientistsExposes knowledge, methodologies, scientific locks and the prospects of each discipline on the theme of floods INDICE: 1. Floods in France in the eyes of environmental history: first analyses2. The french model of flood prevention: the role of local communities facing to State authority3. Management and safety of flood protection systems4. Planning behind flood defenses: options and strategies5. Flood and land law: from the preventive planning to the administrative and penal responsibility6. Retrofitting buildings7. Is the watershed a ideal area to manage flood risk?8. Sustainable management of territories under the risk of flooding: Some international experiences9. Societal choices in flood risk management, from individual responsibility to national policy: international comparisons (Netherlands, France, UK, US, Japan)10. Sustainable flood memories: developing concept, process, and practice in flood risk management11. Integration of a human-centered approach in flood risk management12. Specificities of flood events13. Supports and challenges for flood warning in France14. From citizens to informal acts: a new place for citizens-captors?15. Emergence and supports of crowsourcing and crowmapping16. Operational flood management: Answer to any situation17. Tools for local flood crisis management: community Emergency Operations Plan, state-of-the-art, advantages, blockages18. Anticipating or coping: Behaviors in the face of flash flood events19. Disaster memory as a mean to enhance resilience20. Risk transfer (insurance) and financial management of flood risks21. Economical assessement of flood management policies22. The management of flood waste23. Post-disaster reconstruction and recovery process: an opportunity to better cope with flooding24. Towards a flooding-adapted town planning?25. flood risk management: failure or success?
- ISBN: 978-1-78548-269-4
- Editorial: ISTE Press - Elsevier
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 280
- Fecha Publicación: 01/12/2017
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés