Flood Risk Management in Europe: Innovation in Policy and Practice (Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research) (Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research)

In recent years major floods have occurred across Europe causing serious damages and huge financial implications. Flood risk and vulnerability is increasing with increased frequency of occurrence of extreme events due to climate change, changes in land-use, encroachment into floodplains and increasing economic value of assets and businesses. Human lives, property, environment and socio-economics are at increasing risk due to flooding. Recent alarming events in Central Europe, UK and The Netherlands have provided renewed impetus to the development of improved policies and techniques for flood risk management across Europe. Sharing of knowledge and understanding of the practical problems, dilemmas and challenges will aid in the development and implementation of new technologies and strategies of the challenging issues of flood risk management in Europe. This valuable edition brings together 26 peer reviewed articles on technical, socio-economic, environmental and policy aspects of flood risk management. These articles contribute to the five sections with the general themes: i) flood risk management practice, ii) flood events and impacts, iii) flood analysis and modelling iv) flood forecasting and v) flood risk management policy. Some emerging technologies are presented and several future challenges are identified. __Audience__ This book will be of interest to engineers, scientists, planners, policy-makers, researchers, insurance industry and all the practitioners involved in flood risk management, and its sub-disciplines in engineering, hydrology, environmental studies, coastal management, economics and public policy. Front Matter....Pages I-XVI Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Decision-Making for Flood-Threatened Properties....Pages 3-19 The Influence of Floodplain Compartmentalization on Flood Risk Within the Rhine-Meuse Delta*....Pages 21-42 Osiris – an Example of Citizen-Oriented Technology Development in the area of Dissemination of Information on Flood Risk Management....Pages 43-60 Evolving Concepts in Flood Risk Management: Searching for a Common Language....Pages 61-75 Comrisk – A transnational project of public authorities on coastal risk management....Pages 77-88 Dike Investigations Using Geophysical Methods – Techniques for the Future?....Pages 89-103 Front Matter....Pages 105-105 The Environmental Impact of Flooding of The Dutch ‘Delta-Metropole’....Pages 107-129 Structural Economic Effects of Large-Scale Inundation....Pages 131-154 A Method to Estimate Loss of Life Caused by Large-Scale Floods in the Netherlands....Pages 155-170 Automation Of Flood Contingency Plans....Pages 171-187 Front Matter....Pages 189-189 The Impact European Research Project on Flood Propagation in Urban Areas: Experimental and Numerical Modelling of the Influence of Buildings on the Flow....Pages 191-211 Sustainable Development and Flood Risk – Reducing Uncertainty (Bristol City Re-Development Case Study)....Pages 213-229 Flood Risk Mapping At The Local Scale: Concepts and Challenges....Pages 231-251 Flood Modelling and the August 2002 Flood in the Czech Republic....Pages 253-274 Seasonal Rainfall and Flow Trends Within Three Catchments in South-West England....Pages 275-292 Propagation of Discharge Uncertainty in a Flood Damage Model For the Meuse River....Pages 293-310 A Stochastic Model for Simulating Long Time Series of River-Mouth Discharge and Sediment Load....Pages 311-331 Front Matter....Pages 333-333 Forecasting Flash Floods with an Operational Model....Pages 335-352 Flood Forecasting for the Upper and Middle Odra River Basin....Pages 353-384 Flood forecasting in the anglian region....Pages 385-399 Front Matter....Pages 333-333 Flood Forecasting Model Selection....Pages 401-416 Numerical Modelling in Coastal Flood Forecasting and Warning in England and Wales....Pages 417-429 Front Matter....Pages 431-431 Reflections on the Challenges of Eu Policy-Making with View to Flood Risk Management....Pages 433-468 On the Flood Risk in the Netherlands....Pages 469-484 Planning for River Induced Floods in Urban Areas....Pages 485-503 Interregional and Transnational Co-Operation in River Basins – Chances To Improve Flood Risk Management? * ....Pages 505-522 Back Matter....Pages 523-536 In recent years major floods have occurred across Europe causing serious damages and huge financial implications. Flood risk and vulnerability is increasing with increased frequency of occurrence of extreme events due to climate change, changes in land-use, encroachment into floodplains and increasing economic value of assets and businesses. Human lives, property, environment and socio-economics are at increasing risk due to flooding. Recent alarming events in Central Europe, UK and The Netherlands have provided renewed impetus to the development of improved policies and techniques for flood risk management across Europe. Sharing of knowledge and understanding of the practical problems, dilemmas and challenges will aid in the development and implementation of new technologies and strategies of the challenging issues of flood risk management in Europe. This valuable edition brings together 26 peer reviewed articles on technical, socio-economic, environmental and policy aspects of flood risk management. These articles contribute to the five sections with the general themes: i) flood risk management practice, ii) flood events and impacts, iii) flood analysis and modelling iv) flood forecasting and v) flood risk management policy. Some emerging technologies are presented and several future challenges are identified. Thus the book Flood Risk Management in Europe: Innovation in Policy and Practice with a multi-disciplinary combination of articles will form an excellent reference for the engineers, scientists, planners, policy-makers, researchers, insurance industry and all the practitioners involved in flood risk management, and its sub-disciplines in engineering, hydrology, environmental studies, coastal management, economics and public policy. This valuable edition brings together 25 peer reviewed articles on technical, socio-economic, environmental and policy aspects of flood risk management. Some emerging technologies are presented and several future challenges are identified. Thus the book forms an excellent reference for the engineers, scientists, planners, policy-makers, researchers, insurance industry and all the practitioners involved in flood risk management.