Words Whispered in Water is a rare story about how a tiny woman prevailed against a mammoth federal agency and won. When steel flood-walls built with inherent engineering mistakes broke in New Orleans, the responsible party, the Army Corp...Loe edasi...
Words Whispered in Water is a rare story about how a tiny woman prevailed against a mammoth federal agency and won. When steel flood-walls built with inherent engineering mistakes broke in New Orleans, the responsible party, the Army Corp...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-Jan-2025, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: American Society of Civil Engineers, ISBN-13: 9780784416259)
Flood Resistant Design and Construction, ASCE/SEI 24-24, provides minimum requirements for flood resistant design and construction of structures in flood hazard areas that are subject to building code requirements or floodplain management r...Loe edasi...
Natural phenomena in mountains such as debris-flows and torrent floods put people and infrastructures at risk with dramatic consequences because of the intensity and suddenness of their floods. In this context, measures and emergency evacuation ar...Loe edasi...
This book tackles the question of how we can manage flood-related disaster risks, such as from typhoons, monsoons, and torrential rain, which have been intensified by climate change and have generated unprecedented floods, landslides and debris fl...Loe edasi...
Water Supply and Distribution Systems, Second edition is a comprehensive introduction to the topic of how water is delivered to homes and businesses throughout the world. It covers fundamental concepts and exploring the latest ideas of go...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Oct-2024, Hardback, Kirjastus: J Ross Publishing, ISBN-13: 9781604272048)
Existing urban drainage infrastructure is heavily reliant on current guidelines that govern how infrastructure systems are designed to withstand the potential risk of flooding. However, climate change and an increase in the frequency and intensity of...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 03-Oct-2024, Hardback, Kirjastus: Springer International Publishing AG, ISBN-13: 9783031632716)
This book provides a new and different perspective on human geography as an umbrella understanding of the social science of disaster management, but it is simple to understand, where disaster-affected communities anywhere, for example in this stud...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 28-Sep-2024, Hardback, Kirjastus: Springer International Publishing AG, ISBN-13: 9783031503641)
This book provides important new and actionable tools for diverse cities and communities facing climate disasters to engage in risk assessment and green recovery. The on the ground perspective from case studies across the global south ensures a cult...Loe edasi...
Floods are difficult to prevent but can be managed in order to reduce their environmental, social, cultural, and economic impacts. Flooding poses a serious threat to life and property, and therefore it’s very important that flood risks be taken in...Loe edasi...
Jessica Lamond, David Proverbs, Namrata Bhattacharya Mis
Sari: Elgar Handbooks in Energy, the Environment and Climate Change
(Ilmumisaeg: 23-Apr-2024, Hardback, Kirjastus: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781839102974)
Pushing the boundaries of flood risk management research, this comprehensive Research Handbook presents pragmatic insights into all areas relating to flood risk. Through its use of dynamic and people-centred paradigms, it explores urban flood managem...Loe edasi...
This book argues that the substantial life and property loss caused by urban flooding might not be a pure result of a vulnerable physical environment-social factors, especially the individual attributes and capacities, could have pivotal roles to...Loe edasi...
Flooding is an increasingly significant environmental hazard, as a result of land use change, climate change and other factors. But how can communities develop greater resilience to combat future flood risk? This book provides an accessible synthe...Loe edasi...
