HomeFUNDAMENTALS OF FLOOD RISK SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT
FUNDAMENTALS OF FLOOD RISK SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT
Editor: Elliott Furr
Releasing in 2021
Binding: Hardcover
Flooding from rivers and coastal waters is a natural process that plays an important role in shaping the natural environment. However, flooding threatens life and causes substantial damage to property. The effects of weather events can be increased in seventy both as consequence of decisions about the location, design and nature of settlement and land use, and as a potential consequence of future climate change. Flood risk management aims at preventing losses and damages by preventing flooding and/or by preventing the exposure of people and property to flooding. This includes lowering the probability of flooding as well as reducing the vulnerability of the society in flood-prone areas. Consequently, flood risk management may involve a large number of measures, for example flood defence measures, flood control measures, but also spatial planning and measures aimed at lowering the vulnerability of people and property. This is because single-measure management approaches do not take advantage of the way that various measures can reinforce each other. For example, better spatial planning to keep urban and other vulnerable development out of hazard zones may mean smaller scale engineering works to protect towns and villages.
And adequate emergency response during floods can reduce flood damage and thereby lower insurance premiums. There is a wide range of measures and instruments to reduce risk in different ways, such as flood alleviation, early warning, flood defences, flood zoning, flood proofing, insurance, etc., etc. All these measures and instruments may be effective in their specific manner. Their relevance, though, depends on the main causes of risk in the first place. Moreover, the national or regional traditions of flood risk management, the availability of money and other factors determine which measures and instruments are favoured. Flood risk management is not a one-off activity, such as building an embankment or a dam. It is a continuous process, characterised by repeated activities: analysis of the flood risk, consideration of measures and policy instruments to reduce the risk, making policy decisions, implementing measures and instruments, monitoring their effects, etc. This permits constant adaptation to changing circumstances and changing societal requirements. In the book, constant effort has been made to make the understanding of the difficult concepts of the subject as easy and informative as possible, for the readers. This book will cater as a valuable source of reference for students, professionals and readers interested in acquiring knowledge about this field.
Elliott Furr holds Ph.D. in Earth and Environmental Sciences Public Research University, Gwynedd. He is a Guest Lecturer at various universities across Europe. He has been researching the effects of natural disasters such as flood, wildfires, etc. on plants. He holds prominent memberships of renowned agricultural associations and has been an active participant at international conferences and forums. He has written many articles and journals related to GIS database and remote sensing in irrigation, natural water resources, air pollution, natural disaster assessment, and flood risk management.
