Managing flood risk : innovative approaches from big floodplain rivers and urban streams / Anna Serra-Llobet, G. Mathias Knodolf, Kathleen Schaefer, Scott Nicholson, editors.
Introduction -- Part I. Big river basins -- Managing floods in large river basins in the USA: the Mississippi River / Charles E. Shadie, Pilar Lopez-Llompart, Melissa Samet, Todd Strole, and G. Mathias Kondolf -- Managing floods in large river basins in the USA: the Sacramento River / Rod Mayer, Timothy Washburn, John Cain, and Anna Serra-Llobet -- Managing floods in large river basins in Europe: the Rhine River / Laurent Schmitt, Dale Morris, and G. Mathias Kondolf -- Part II. Urban streams -- Managing floods in Mediterranean-climate urban catchments: experiences in the San Francisco Bay Area (California, USA) and the Tagus Estuary (Portugal) / Pedro Pinto, Raymond Wong, Jack Curley, Ralph Johnson, Liang Xu, Len Materman, Mitch Avalon, Graça Saraiva, Anna Serra-Llobet, and G. Mathias Kondolf -- Managing floods in urban catchments: experiences in Denver area (Colorado, USA) and Geneva (Switzerland) / Bill De Groot, David Mallory, Georges Descombes, G. Mathias Kondolf, and Anna Serra-Llobet -- Conclusions / Anna Serra-Llobet and G. Mathias Kondolf.
Summary:
The past half century has seen an evolution in thinking from flood control to flood risk management, recognizing that risk results from both hazard and vulnerability. Rather than rely only on engineering structures to reduce flood magnitude, policies increasingly emphasize avoiding construction in flood-prone areas (or moving people from floodplains), early warning systems, and insurance to aid in recovery. Implementing this new approach faces challenges but also offers opportunities for synergies, as described here for a range of large floodplain rivers and smaller urban streams across North America and Europe. This book presents voices of those on the front lines of implementing a new paradigm in flood risk management, each river with a unique set of challenges and opportunities derived from its geography as well as differences in governance between the American and European contexts.
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