Flood Risk : the Holistic Perspective.
According to the International Disaster Database (EM-DAT), over the last seventy years, floods have shown the fastest rate of increase relative to any other type of disasters. Devastation due to these events occurs almost daily.
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IWA Publishing,
2015.
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| Series: | Urban hydroinformatics series.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword by Michael B. Abbott
- Foreword by Kuniyoshi Takeuchi
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1: Floods in urban areas
- 1.1 Setting the Scene
- 1.2 On Values and Qualities
- 1.3 Paving the Way Forward: Shifting the Focus
- 1.4 Differentiating between Different Types of Floods and Their Impacts
- 1.5 The Need for Adaptation Calls for Holistic Approaches
- 1.6 Towards a New Economic Paradigm: Economics, Ethics and Wellbeing
- Chapter 2: Holistic thinking
- 2.1 The Rise of Holistic Thinking
- 2.2 From the Parts to the Whole2.3 Tracing the Roots of Urban Flood Risk from Four Levels of the Whole
- 2.4 Mathematics of Complexity and Interactions
- Chapter 3: Moving beyond traditional practices
- 3.1 Towards Holistic Planning for Flood Resilience
- 3.2 Synergy with Ecosystem Services
- 3.3 Good Governance for Holistic Planning
- 3.4 The ABC Framework for Implementation of Holistic Approaches
- Chapter 4: A. Holistic risk assessment
- 4.1 The Purpose of the Holistic Flood Risk Assessment
- 4.2 Data Gathering
- 4.3 Root Causes
- 4.4 Diagnostics
- 4.4.1 Assessment of hazards4.4.2 Assessment of vulnerabilities
- 4.4.3 Assessment of impacts
- 4.4.4 Quantitative assessment of risk
- 4.4.5 Qualitative assessment of risk
- 4.4.6 Combining quantitative and qualitative data and methods into holistic frameworks
- 4.5 Uncertainty in Flood Risk Assessment
- 4.6 Recognition
- Raising Risk Awareness
- 4.6.1 Methods for raising hazard/risk awareness
- Chapter 5: B. Holistic scenario analysis
- 5.1 The Purpose of the Holistic Scenario Analysis
- 5.2 Identification of Drivers and Actors
- 5.2.1 Climate change impacts on rainfall characteristics5.2.2 Population growth
- 5.2.3 Land use change and economic growth
- 5.2.4 Urban actors
- 5.3 Assessment and Evaluation of Scenarios
- 5.3.1 Climate change scenarios
- 5.3.2 Socio-economic scenarios
- 5.3.3 Evaluation of scenarios
- 5.4 Supporting Tools for Holistic Scenario Analysis
- 5.4.1 Climate modelling
- 5.4.2 Modelling land-use change
- 5.4.3 Modelling behaviour of actors
- 5.5 Development of a Knowledgebase of Measures
- 5.5.1 Pluvial flood protection
- 5.5.2 Fluvial flood protection5.5.3 Groundwater flood protection
- 5.5.4 Coastal flood protection
- 5.5.5 Flash flood protection
- 5.5.6 Stakeholder capacity building
- 5.5.7 Land use planning
- 5.5.8 Flood preparedness
- 5.5.9 Contingency planning
- 5.5.10 Financial preparedness
- 5.5.11 Amenities of flood resilience measures
- Chapter 6: C. Holistic decision-making
- 6.1 The Purpose of the Holistic Decision-Making
- 6.2 Development of Indicators
- 6.3 Combining Different Measures for Flood Resilience
- 6.4 Evaluation and Selection of Measures