Flood Risk Management in Europe Innovation in Policy and Practice
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-us
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Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research VOLUME 25
The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.
Flood Risk Management in Europe Innovation in Policy and Practice
Edited by SELINA BEGUM Environment Agency, Peterborough, UK
MARCEL J.F. STIVE Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
JIM W. HALL Newcastle University, UK
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ISBN 978-1-4020-4199-0 (HB) ISBN 978-1-4020-4200-3 (e-book)
Published by Springer, P.O. Box 17, 3300 AA Dordrecht, The Netherlands. www.springer.com
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Chapters 2 and 26 have been published in Natural Hazards, Vol. 36, Nos. 1-2, 2005 on pp. 125–145 and 5–24 respectively.
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To my family, friends, and the like minded colleagues who throughout this challenging editing process have sustained me with their encouragement and support, this book is lovingly dedicated. Selina Begum
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
xi
Acknowledgements
xv
Section I:
Flood Risk Management Practice
1. Decision-Making for Flood-Threatened Properties I. Kelman
3
2. The Influence of Floodplain Compartmentalization on Flood Risk within the Rhine-Meuse Delta D. Alkema and H. Middelkoop
21
3. OSIRIS – An Example of Citizen-Oriented Technology Development in the Area of Dissemination of Information on Flood Risk Management M. Erlich
43
4. Evolving Concepts in Flood Risk Management: Searching for a Common Language K.M. De Bruijn, C. Green, C. Johnson and L. McFadden
61
5. COMRISK – A Transnational Project of Public Authorities on Coastal Risk Management J.L.A. Hofstede
77
6. Dike Investigations Using Geophysical Methods – Techniques for the Future? R. Morawetz, J. Schön, C. Wohlfahrt and M. Röck
89
Section II:
Flood Events and Impacts
7. The Environmental Impact of Flooding of the Dutch ‘Delta-Metropole’ L.C.P.M. Stuyt, J.E.A. Reinders, E.E. van der Hoek, E.G.M. Hermans, M. De Muinck Keizer and J. Icke vii
107
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8. Structural Economic Effects of Large-Scale Inundation M. Bocˇ karjova, A.E. Steenge and A. van der Veen 9. A Method to Estimate Loss of Life Caused by Large-Scale Floods in the Netherlands N.E.M. Asselman and S.N. Jonkman 10. Automation of Flood Contingency Plans J.J. Flikweert, C. Coremans, K. De Gooijer and L. Wentholt Section III:
131
155
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Flood Analysis and Modelling
11. The IMPACT European Research Project on Flood Propagation in Urban Areas: Experimental and Numerical Modelling of the Influence of Buildings on the Flow S. Soares Frazão, F. Alcrudo, J. Mulet, B. Noë
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