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Urban Flood Management: Introduction - 1st International Expert Meeting on Urban Flood Management book cover

1st Edition

Urban Flood Management Introduction - 1st International Expert Meeting on Urban Flood Management

By Andras Szollosi-Nagy, Chris Zevenbergen Copyright 2005
164 Pages
by CRC Press

160 Pages
by CRC Press
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Over the last decades the world has witnessed a growing number of floods in urban areas. Climate change and rapid urbanization will exacerbate this trend. Flooding incidents in urbanized catchments and low-lying areas, such as polders, can lead to great public concern and anxiety, and their economical impact is severe. Apart from well-known flood prevention strategies, new approaches to the... Read more

1. Introduction Andras Szöllösi-Nagy & Chris Zevenbergen

2. Land use & urban floods in developing countries Carlos Tucci & Adolfo Villanueva

3. Cities, lakes and floods: the case of the Green Hyderabad Project, India

Joep Verhagen

4. Co-operation within Europe on flood management and spatial planning

Roelof Moll

5. Spatial measures and instruments for flood risk reduction in selected EU countries – a quick scan  Willem Oosterberg & Jasper Fiselier

6. Risk perceptance and preparedness and flood insurance Paul Baan

7. The role of private insurance companies in managing flood risks in the UK and Europe David Crichton

8. New strategies of damage reduction in urban areas proned to flood Erik Pasche & Timm Ruben Geissler

9. Flood resilience in the built environment: damage and repair Stephen Garvin

10. California climate change: hydrologic response, and flood forecasting

Norman Miller

Conclusions Andras Szöllösi-Nagy & Chris Zevenbergen

 

Biography

Chris Zevenbergen, Andras Szollosi-Nagy

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