Urban flood management. (©2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Chris Zevenbergen [and others].
• Other Names: Zevenbergen, C (Chris)
• Contents: I SETTING UP THE FRAMEWORK ; ; 1 Setting the stage for Integrated Urban Flood Management ; 1.1 Why are cities special cases?; 1.2 The city as a living organism; 1.3 Vulnerability of urban areas: a rough guide; 1.4 Dealing with uncertainty; 1.5 Adoption of a system approach; ; 2 Urban floods ; 2.1 The influence of climate and other factors; 2.2 Types of flooding; 2.3 Pitfalls in using the historical record II DRIVERS FOR CHANGE 3 Urbanisation ; 3.1 Principles of land-use planning; 3.2 Urban typologies: from central square to edge city; 3.3 Growing and shrinking: density issues induced by globalisation; 3.4 Megacities in the delta 4 Climate change: key uncertainties and robust findings ; 4.1 A review of the past; 4.2 Signs of change; 4.3 Expected consequences; ; III URBAN FLOOD RISK; ; 5 Hydrology of cities ; 5.1 The hydrological cycle; 5.2 Land use and runoff; 5.3 Modelling surface runoff; 5.4 Modelling pluvial flooding; 5.5 Modelling coastal flooding; ; 6 Urban flood-risk assessment ; 6.1 Introduction to the theory of risk; 6.2 Quantifying flood probability; 6.3 Tangible and intangible damages; 6.4 Loss of life estimation in flood-risk assessment; 6.5 Cross-scale factors and indirect damages; 6.6 Flood-risk mapping; ; IV RESPONSES; ; 7 Responding to flood risk ; 7.1 Responses; 7.2 Performance standards and expectations; 7.3 Resilience, vulnerability, robustness and sustainability; 7.4 Precautionary and adaptive responses; 7.5 Confronting flood management with land-use planning: lessons learnt; 7.6 Building types, infrastructure and public open spaces; ; 8 Urban drainage systems ; 8.1 A historical perspective; 8.2 Major and minor flows; 8.3 SUDS/LIDS; 8.4 Practices in water sensitive urban design; ; 9 Flood proofing the urban fabric; 9.1 Managing flooding through site design: basic principles; 9.2 Managing flooding through detailed design (individual; properties/buildings); 9.3 Flood resilient repair and retrofitting; 9.4 Urban flood defences and barriers; ; 10 Enhancing coping and recovery capacity ; 10.1 Flood forecasting warning and response; 10.2 Emergency planning, management and evacuation; 10.3 Compensation and flood insurance; ; V TOWARDS FLOOD RESILIENT CITIES 11 Managing for resiliency ; 11.1 Asset management, some basic principles; 11.2 Assessing resilience in flood-risk management; 11.3 Transitioning from entrapment to resilience approaches; ; 12 Capacity building and governance ; 12.1 Risk perception, acceptance and communication; 12.2 Adaptive capacity; 12.3 Characteristics of effective learning initiatives; ; 13 Shelter for all ; 13.1 What does the future hold?; 13.2 Turning ideas into action; 13.3 Success stories: seizing windows of opportunity; ; References; Glossary; Abbreviations; Subject Index; ; ;
• Publisher Details: Leiden, The Netherlands [Boca Raton] : CRC Press/Balkema
• Publication Date: 2010
• Copyright Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 363.34936; Urban runoff -- Management; Storm sewers; Flood control; Flood control; Storm sewers; Urban runoff -- Management; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781439894330; 1439894337
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.
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