1st Edition
Handbook of Flood Risk Management and Community Action An International Perspective
Divine Kwaku Ahadzie, David Proverbs, Robby Soetanto and Victor Oladokun
2. Co-production of knowledge for flood risk management: Case study of multiple stakeholders at Pekan, Pahang, Malaysia
Nurul Zainab Binti Along and Iftekhar Ahmed
3. Local knowledge’s roles for nature-based solutions as flood risk management: Pangpang Bay, Indonesia
Saut Sagala, Danang Azhari, Medhiansyah Putra, Belia Ega Avila and Indah Salsabiela
4. Preserving heritage, historical artefacts and culture for social resilience and tourism amid flood disasters: A case study of Morten Village of Sungai Melaka, Malaysia
Zerafinas Abu Hassan, Farah Shahrin, Chukwudi Ogunna and George FodenAnne
5. Managing emergencies – failure and success: Lessons from a village in the Czech Republic
Mohan Bera
6. Drivers, services gaps and improving disaster management for displaced people: A case study of prolonged displacement following the 2022 floods in Lismore, Australia
Anastasia Mortimer, Temitope Egbelakin and Willy Sher
7. Capturing the effectiveness of early warning and sustainable community-based early action interventions for disaster risk reduction in Bangladesh: An analysis from flood-prone areas
Muhammad Abdur Rahaman and Zereen Saba
8. Emergency animal-safe facilities assessment to enable livestock evacuation during disasters in Australia
Sandra Carrasco, Temitope Egbelakin and Olabode Ogunmakinde
9. Home owner/occupant property flood protection: An appraisal of the options and opportunities used to mitigate and minimise impacts
Fiona Gleed, Colin A. Booth, Quésia D. Silva, Ricardo G. Santana and Silas N. Melo
10. The prevention policy and experiences of flood resilience in Brazil
Francisco Henrique de Oliveira, Guilherme Linheira, Regina Panceri, Renan Furlan de Oliveira, and Victor Luis Padilha
11. Building resilience through community-based flood risk management: Pathway and reflections
Irene-Nora Dinye, Henry Mensah, Eric Kwame Simpeh and Rudith Sylvana King
12. Flood Insurance uptake in Nigeria; building resilience by promoting a culture of risk protection.
Adaku Echendu
13. Community flood insurance in Ghana; individual and institutional diffusion of uptake
Sandra Serwaa Boateng, Solomon Asamoah and Divine Kwaku Ahadzie
14. Technology-mediated flood risk management tools: A review of smart and mobile applications
Eric K. Simpeh, Henry Mensah, Rudith S. King, John J. Smallwood and Athenkosi Sogaxa
15. River naturalisation and load sediment detection sensor for community-based flood risk management in Indonesia
Rian Mantasa Salve Prastica, Zulis Erwanto, Data Iranata, Mahendra Andiek Maulana, Tabrizy Azkiyan Nafil and Muhammad Sulaiman
16. Towards flood resilient supply chain systems: A facility location model for flood prone communities
K.I. Abisoye, O.A. Adebimpe and V.O. Oladokun
17. Conclusion and final remarks
Divine Kwaku Ahadzie, David Proverbs, Robby Soetanto and Victor Oladokun
Biography
Professor Divine Kwaku Ahadzie is an experienced award-winning researcher in Construction and Human Settlement Development. He is the Head of the Centre for Settlements Studies at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana with a demonstrated history of working in construction, housing and disaster risk reduction.
Professor David Proverbs is Dean of the Faculty of Science and Engineering at the University of Wolverhampton, UK. He has over 25 years of experience in higher education and has held strategic leadership roles in three modern universities where he has championed student learning as a research-driven, curriculum active and enterprising academic.
Robby Soetanto is Reader in Construction Innovation Management and Programme Leader of Construction Engineering Management in the School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering, Loughborough University, UK.
Victor Oluwasina Oladokun is a Professor of Industrial and Production Engineering at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, a Senior Fulbright Scholar and a Commonwealth Academic Fellow.
