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Flood Risk and Resilience

Flooding is widely recognized as a global threat, due to the extent and magnitude of damage it causes around the world each year. Reducing flood risk and improving flood resilience are two closely related aspects of flood management. This book presents the latest advances in flood risk and resilienc...

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Other Authors: Fu, Guangtao (Editor), Casado, Monica Rivas (Editor), Meng, Fanlin (Editor), Kalawsky, Roy (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
Subjects:
History of engineering & technology
nonstationarity
univariate model
GAMLSS
bivariate model
copulas
floodway
optimization
particle swarm optimization
HEC-RAS
flood mitigation
hydraulic modeling
flood risk perception
natural flood management
disaster mitigation
flood-prone city
questionnaire survey
flood hazard
land use
urban growth
Villahermosa
architecture modelling flood resilience
resilience engineering
system-of-systems water systems
multi-risk matrix
resilience
flood risk
multi-hazard
risk reduction
flood resilience index
flood resilience analysis
urban floods
flood risk assessment
flood inundation modelling
Artificial Intelligence
machine learning
flood
preparedness
flood resilience
blue-green infrastructure
flood risk management
sustainable
drainage systems
systems
flood control materials
intelligent warehousing
location allocation
multi-objective optimization
drone applications
deployment time
monitoring
flood modelling
evacuation
rescue
management strategy
metrics
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Summary:Flooding is widely recognized as a global threat, due to the extent and magnitude of damage it causes around the world each year. Reducing flood risk and improving flood resilience are two closely related aspects of flood management. This book presents the latest advances in flood risk and resilience management on the following themes: hazard and risk analysis, flood behaviour analysis, assessment frameworks and metrics and intervention strategies. It can help the reader to understand the current challenges in flood management and the development of sustainable flood management interventions to reduce the social, economic and environmental consequences from flooding.
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (214 p.)
ISBN:books978-3-03936-891-4
9783039368907
9783039368914
Access:Open Access

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