Floods, from Defence to Management : Symposium Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Flood Defence, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 25-27 May 2005, Book + CD-ROM

Jos van Alphen

ISBN 10: 0415391199 / ISBN 13: 9780415391191

Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd Feb 2006, 2006

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Neuware - Reflects a worldwide change in strategy: from flood defence towards flood management. This work is useful for researchers, scientists, consultants, managers, donor agencies and government bodies involved in policy making and flood management.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Floods, from Defence to Management : Symposium Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Flood Defence, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 25-27 May 2005, Book + CD-ROM
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Feb 2006
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415391199
• ISBN 13: 9780415391191
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 246W x 174H x 0D millimeters 246 millimeters width by 174 millimeters height by 0 millimeters depth
• Weight: 907 grams

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Synopsis

Floods are natural events, but when they impact on human environments, they turn into disasters which disrupt society. The last decades have seen an alarming increase in the number of major floods and associated damage on every continent. The impact is more severe due to population growth and settlement in flood prone areas, climate change and disrupted hydrological cycles. There is now an urgency regarding the exchange of information on developments and experiences in research, policy and management. The 3rd International Symposium on Flood Defence presented new developments in Sciences (hydrology, ecology, flood modelling and forecasting, information management and GIS-based decision support systems); Frameworks (institutional and organisational, basin-wide flood management); Policy-making and implementation (government strategies and approaches, public awareness and participation, new concepts such as risk management in relation to climate change); and Measures and solutions (structural and non-structural measures, spatial planning). Case studies illustrate specific experiences and practices in flood control situations, for example, flooding in urban areas. These Symposium Proceedings include about 165 selected papers, presentations, keynotes and theme reports as presented during the ISFD3. As a whole this publication reflects a worldwide change in strategy: from flood defence towards flood management. Floods, from Defence to Management is of special interest to researchers, scientists, consultants, managers, donor agencies and government bodies involved in policy making and flood management.

About the Author

Jos van Alphen, Eelco van Beek, Marco Taal