Flood Hazard Management: British and International Perspectives (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Handmer, John W

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In some important respects floodplain management and flood hazard research is different in Britain from that in other countries. This collection of papers from a conference provides some comparisons. It covers urban flooding, institutions and policy, land use policy, hazard response, and project appraisal and risk assessment.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 297
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 1987
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135473075
• Artikelnr.: 58448245

Autorenporträt

John W Handmer

Inhaltsangabe

Section I: Introduction: The British Urban Flood Hazard 1. Objectives and
Organisation 2. The Flood Problem in Perspective Section II: Flood Related
Institutions and Policy in Britain 3. The Institutional and Policy Context
4. Urban Flood Problems: Their Scale and the Policy Response 5. The Power
behind the Flood Scene Section III: Implementation of Land use Policy:
Local and International Experience 6. Development Control Procedures in
England and Wales 7. Conflicting Objectives in Floodplain Management: Flood
Damage Reduction Versus Heritage Preservation 8. Flood Insurance and
Floodplain Management 9. Design Standards for Building in Flood Hazard
Areas 10. Flood Loss Reduction by Metropolitan Regional Authorities in the
USA Section IV: Hazard Response with Short Lead Times 11. Flood Warning
Dissemination: The British Experience 12. Warning Dissemination and
Response with Short Lead Times Section V: Project Appraisal and Risk
Assessment 13. Floodplain Mapping and Beyond: A State Perspective 14.
Social Choice and Benefit-Cost Analysis 15. Assessing the Health Effects of
Floods 16. Project Appraisal, Resource Allocation and Public Involvement:
The Bavarian Experience Section VI: Conclusion 17. Overview: Lessons for
Britain