Flood damage assessment and management
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Flood damage assessment and management
（Water science and technology library, 94）
Springer, c2020
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Description
This book presents state-of-the-art, essential methods and tools for flood risk assessment and management. The costs of damage caused by extreme weather events, among which floods are a major category, are rapidly rising, both globally and across Europe. The scope and scale of flood episodes point to the need for comprehensive proposals, including the implementation of flood protection measures in areas exposed to flood risk.
This book is dedicated to flood damage assessment, and addresses the management of social, economic and environmental damage. It develops a general methodology for flood risk assessment and presents a range of effective flood protection methods in keeping with the objectives of flood risk management. As such, it offers a valuable resource for young researchers, academics, lecturers and water management practitioners alike.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Flood risk assessment
2.1 Approaches to flood risk assessment in the globe
2.2 Impact of climate change
2.3 Environmental and health consequences of floods
3. Flood damage assessment
3.1 Damage to property - economic damage
3.2 Damage to the environment - environmental damage
3.3 Damage to human lives - social damage
3.4 Determining the measure of flood risk
4. Flood risk management
4.1 Structural measures
4.2 Non-structural measures - government intervention (evacuation, rehabilitation, etc.)
4.3 Assessment of the effectiveness of flood-protection measures
5. Case studies
6. Conclusion
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