Cities And Flooding
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Cities And Flooding
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Author : Abhas K. Jha
language : en
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Release Date : 2012-02-13
Cities And Flooding written by Abhas K. Jha and has been published by World Bank Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-13 with Business & Economics categories.
Urban flooding is an increasing challenge today to the expanding cities and towns of developing countries. This Handbook is a state-of-the art, user-friendly operational guide that shows decision makers and specialists how to effectively manage the risk of floods in rapidly urbanizing settings ? and within the context of a changing climate.
Five Feet High And Rising
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Author : Abhas Jha
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Five Feet High And Rising written by Abhas Jha and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with categories.
Unflooding Asia The Green Cities Way
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Author : Zoran Vojinovic
language : en
Publisher: IWA Publishing
Release Date : 2014-10-15
Unflooding Asia The Green Cities Way written by Zoran Vojinovic and has been published by IWA Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-15 with Science categories.
A continuing increase in disasters triggered by floods occurs almost daily even though our technological capabilities have grown rapidly and global economic growth per capita has doubled. This paradoxical situation proves that our earlier ways of thinking are inadequate and that we must shift our way of thinking and working. It has become obvious that most flood-related disasters, although commonly referred to as natural disasters, are not the result of nature-related processes alone. Some of the early efforts in dealing with floods and flood-related disasters were only concerned with the construction of engineering structures (e.g., levees, floodwalls, dams, embankments, storage basins, diversions, etc.) without significant consideration of aspects which are nowadays regarded as equally important, if not more important. There is a great deal of natural, social and technological interactions that shape the vulnerability to floods. Realizing that flood risk can hardly ever be completely eliminated, the traditional 'flood defence' culture has been replaced with the culture of learning how to live under flood risk and how to better respond to it. This renders purely engineering solutions inadequate. Can the threats of more flood-related disasters provide an impetus to shift our mind-set towards an approach that favours not only sound technological innovations but one that also addresses the social, cultural, and wider ecological aspects of dealing with floods? In this illustrated book, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) seeks to introduce a holistic thinking in dealing with urban floods by adopting the green cities development approach. Green cities development is a holistic approach which promotes multipurpose (or multifunctional) solutions that are not only technologically and economically efficient, but which are also ecologically sustainable and socially just. Authors: Zoran Vojinovic, UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, Delft, The Netherlands and Jingmin Huang, Senior Urban Development Specialist, Regional and Sustainable Development Department, Asian Development Bank
Urban Stormwater And Flood Management
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Author : Veeriah Jegatheesan
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2019-04-02
Urban Stormwater And Flood Management written by Veeriah Jegatheesan and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-02 with Science categories.
This book brings together the experiences of engineers and scientists from Australia and the United Kingdom providing the current status on the management of stormwater and flooding in urban areas and suggesting ways forward. It forms a basis for the development of a framework for the implementation of integrated and optimised storm water management strategies and aims to mitigate the adverse impacts of the expanding urban water footprint. Among other topics it also features management styles of stormwater and flooding and describes biodiversity and ecosystem services in relation to the management of stormwater and the mitigation of floods. Furthermore, it places an emphasis on sustainable storm water management measures. Population growth, urbanisation and climate change will pose significant challenges to engineers, scientists, medical practitioners, policy makers and practitioners of several other disciplines. If we consider environmental and water engineers, they will have to face challenges in designing smart and efficient water systems which are robust and resilient to overcome shrinking green spaces, increased urban heat islands, damages to natural waterways due to flooding caused by increased stormwater flow. This work provides valuable information for practitioners and students at both senior undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
Urban Resilience To Droughts And Floods
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Author : Cecilia Tortajada
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-05-21
Urban Resilience To Droughts And Floods written by Cecilia Tortajada and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-21 with Nature categories.
This book focuses on policies and governance on how to build the resilience of cities to droughts and floods in the short-, medium-, and long-term. There are discussions on how cities prepare for, cope with, learn from, manage, and recover from these extreme events. The chapters also consider aspects such as changing paradigms, policy responses under uncertainty, scenario development, institutional responses, adaptive forecasting, governance perspectives, infrastructure development, overall investments, and technological innovation. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction are discussed at length. Most of the cities and regions studied are in Asia, however, cities from Oceania, Europe, Africa, and North America are also included. Analyses are not limited to cities but to the basins and regions from which urban populations obtain their resources, and on which their resilience depends. This book was originally published as a special issue of the International Journal of Water Resources Development.
Globalization And The Sustainability Of Cities In The Asia Pacific Region
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Author : Fu-chen Lo
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
Globalization And The Sustainability Of Cities In The Asia Pacific Region written by Fu-chen Lo and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Business & Economics categories.
This collection of essays examines the sustainability concerns surrounding social and environmental conditions in the major cities of the Asia Pacific region. Issues considered include: globalisation, foreign direct investment, international migration and the changing pattern of cities. The second part of the book focuses on particular types of cities with case studies: 'post industrial capital exporting cities' such as Tokyo and Seoul; 'borderless cities' such as Hong Kong and Singapore; 'industrial cities' such as Shanghai and Bangkok; and 'amenity cities' such as Sydney.
Cities And Floods
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Author : Mohammed Abubakari
language : en
Publisher: Eliva Press
Release Date : 2020-10-21
Cities And Floods written by Mohammed Abubakari and has been published by Eliva Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-21 with categories.
This book examines the major effects of perennial flooding on households living in Alajo, an informal suburb of Accra, the national capital of Ghana. In furtherance, it considers the factors that determine the coping strategies of households and then delve into the diverse coping strategies that have been adopted by the informal urbanites which have influenced their continual stay despite facing the risks of flooding every year. Floods are common events that confront many cities in the developing world. Ghana, a developing country, is persistently challenged with flood events, especially in its major cities. In informal Accra for instance, despite the severity of flood effects and its associated threats, poor informal residents continue to stay. As a result, these poor urban dwellers have developed local coping strategies made up of mitigation and reactive measures to manage and adapt to flood hazards through their preceding experiences. In this paper, we have embraced the Convergent Parallel Mixed Method of Case Study Design to echo and explore: (i) the major effects of preceding floods on informal households; ii) the local informal coping strategies adopted by households to mitigate and respond to flooding and its effects in the future; and iii) the determinants of the coping strategies of households which underpin their continual stay in spite of flood risks in Alajo, an urbanized suburb in Accra metropolis noted as one of the slum communities that easily floods in Ghana. Our analysis has used a mix of qualitative and quantitative data collected from both secondary and primary sources as well as a conceptualized model known as Disaster Resilience of Place (DROP). The key finding (Alajo has low degree of adaptive resilience to major floods which might occur in the future due to the lack of social learning in the coping strategies developed through several years of lessons learnt from perennial floods) and proposals (local coordination in implementing the coping strategies to flooding, state support of the local strategies and adoption of rainwater harvesting) also make contributions to managing urban floods in informal settlements in the developing world.
Nation S Cities
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
Nation S Cities written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Municipal government categories.
Papers On Flood Problems
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Author : Gilbert F. White
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1961
Papers On Flood Problems written by Gilbert F. White and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1961 with Floods categories.
Reports Of Cases Determined By The Supreme Court Of The State Of Missouri
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Author : Missouri. Supreme Court
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1881
Reports Of Cases Determined By The Supreme Court Of The State Of Missouri written by Missouri. Supreme Court and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1881 with Law reports, digests, etc categories.