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The New Orleans Flood, U.S. Corruption, and Disasters "Rosenthal
employs the surgical precision of an investigative journalist and
the craft of a memoirist to expose the flaws, natural and human,
behind the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina." -The Eric
Hoffer Award Program 2020 Nautilus Silver Winner #1 New Release in
Civil Engineering & Environmental, Urban & City Planning,
Development, and Disaster Relief In the aftermath of one of the
worst disasters in U.S. history, Words Whispered in Water tells the
story of one woman's fight-against all odds-to expose a mammoth
federal agency-and win. It's a horror story, a mystery, and David
and Goliath story all in one. In 2005, the entire world watched as
a major U.S. city was nearly wiped off the map. The levees ruptured
and New Orleans drowned. But while newscasters attributed the New
Orleans flood to "natural catastrophes" and other types of
disasters, citizen investigator Sandy Rosenthal set out to expose
the true culprit and compel the media and government to tell the
truth. This is her story. When the protective steel flood-walls
broke, the Army Corps of Engineers-with cooperation from big
media-turned the blame on natural types of disasters. In the
chaotic aftermath, Rosenthal uncovers the U.S. corruption, and big
media at root. Follow this New Orleans hero as she exposes the
federal agency's egregious design errors and eventually changes the
narrative surrounding the New Orleans flood. In this engaging and
revealing tale of man versus nature and man versus man, Words
Whispered in Water proves that the power of a single individual is
alive and well. If you enjoyed books like The Johnstown Flood,
Breach of Faith, or The Great Deluge, then Words Whispered in Water
is your next read!
This ICE publication is the definitive practical handbook on design
and maintenance of flood defences, providing a coherent and focused
reference for best practice. With contributions from a number of
experts in the field and the inclusion of real life case studies
this book will be the first port of call for practising engineers
working in the areas of flood risk management and drainage.
Coverage includes the design of fluvial, coastal and urban flood
defences, as well as guidance on relevant legislation, lessons
learned from past disasters and means of improving the environment
while managing flood risk. The intended audience is practising
(graduate to senior level) engineers, hydrologists and project
managers working on flood defence projects, mainly in consultancies
but also in the Environment Agency and Local Authorities.
Originally published in 1986, Floods and Drainage advanced hazard -
response theory as developed mainly by the White/Burton/Kates
school of researchers in North America. Based on fifteen years of
research, the book rejects conventional theory's emphasis on
personal response to hazardous environments, suggesting that this
seriously detracts from the institutional and political forces that
are so important in the analysis of hazard responses and policies.
The book also seeks to provide material of practical relevance to
environmental managers and engineers, rather than to present just
research results.
Blue-Green Cities communicates that urban flood risk management
based on Blue-Green approaches is able to deliver multiple and
valuable co-benefits to urban communities. With approaches designed
to be evaluated, this book brings together carefully researched
content from the Blue-Green Cities Research Project and illustrates
how innovative urban flood risk management can be achieved using
Blue-Green approaches. The book includes coverage of topics that
reveal how cities can improve their risk management systems as well
as focus on increased water security, carbon sequestration and
enhanced productivity and economic vitality. This book will be an
essential read for flood risk management professionals, policy
makers and stakeholders in urban areas. It'll particularly appeal
to city and local authority councillors, municipal, drainage and
urban water engineers and developers, architects and landscape
architects.
Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are
not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or
access to any online entitlements included with the product.
Concise, visual explanations of code provisions that apply to flood
and tsunami loads This practical guide provides engineers with a
visual overview of the code provisions to be used when designing
structures to withstand floods and tsunamis. Free of complex and
confusing explanations, Flood and Tsunami Loads: Time-Saving
Methods Using the 2018 IBC and ASCE/SEI 7-16 utilizes helpful
design aids, figures, and flowcharts to provide straightforward,
start-to-finish instructions. Real-world examples are included to
illustrate the application of each code provision, and companion
online Excel spreadsheets can be used to accurately calculate
loads. Contains step-by-step procedures for: Hydrostatic flood
loads Hydrodynamic flood loads Wave loads due to flooding Debris
impact loads due to floodingFlood load combinations Tsunami
analysis procedures Hydrodynamic tsunami loads Debris impact loads
due to tsunamis Tsunami load combinations And much more
Even with all the advances in technologies, humans continue to
suffer from the consequences of flooding century after century.
This book covers two pertinent topics: flood risk and flood
management. Experts world-wide share their knowledge on these
topics and highlight solutions to the flooding problems in the 21st
century. Topics discussed in this book include spatial explicit
multi-criteria flood risk; identification of social obstacles in
solving flooding problems in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina;
participative planning processes in flood risk management and in
integrated watershed management; new economic instrument for
integrated management of muddy flow risks; flood hazard mapping
using hydrodynamic modelling approach; and simulation of flood
reduction by means of complex structural measures using
hydrodynamic modelling and aerial photogrammetry-derived digital
surface model (DSM).
The guide serves as a primer for decision and policy makers,
technical specialists, central, regional and local government
officials, and concerned stakeholders in the community sector,
civil society and non-governmental organizations, and the private
sector. The Guide embodies the state-of-the art on integrated urban
flood risk management. The Guide starts with a summary for policy
makers which outlines and describes the key areas which policy
makers need to be knowledgeable about to create policy directions
and an integrated strategic approach for urban flood risk
management. The core of the Guide consists of seven chapters,
organized as: understanding flood hazard; understanding flood
impacts; integrated flood risk management (structural measures and
non-structural measures); evaluating alternative flood risk
management options: tools for decision makers; implementing
integrated flood risk management; and conclusion. Each chapter
starts with a full contents list and a summary of the chapter for
quick reference.
This book proposes a methodology for the identification of flooding
in urban areas, by the denomination of 1) urban hydrographic basin;
and 2) polygon of flood risk. This work will enable readers to
elaborate a preventive program in Latin America and analogous
regions. The authorities could use it as a basis to create urban
planning strategies or preventive programs to reduce or eliminate
the flooding hazard. The growth of an urban area implies that the
natural terrain is covered by an asphalt folder, which results in
an Urban Hydrographic Basin where rainwater drains down its streets
filtering through sewers towards rainwater drains or wastewater.
Initially, the drainages are calculated according to the population
in a specific urban area, however, the population growth causes the
growth of the urban area, where the old drainages and new roads are
linked, causing their saturation and chaos. More water runs down
the streets and is accumulated in the lower areas, causing
flooding.
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina and the flooding of New Orleans in
2005, this interdisciplinary book brings together five years of
empirical research funded by the National Science Foundation. It
explores the causes of flooding in the United States and the ways
in which local communities can reduce the associated human
casualties and property damage. Focussing on Texas and Florida, the
authors investigate factors other than rainfall that determine the
degree of flooding, and consider the key role of non-structural
techniques and strategies in flood mitigation. The authors present
an empirical and multi-scale assessment that underlines the
critical importance of local planning and development decisions.
Written for advanced students and researchers in hazard mitigation,
hydrology, geography, environmental planning and public policy,
this book will also provide policy makers, government employees and
engineers with important insights into how to make their
communities more resilient to the adverse impacts of flooding.
Responsibility for flood risk management in the United States is a
shared responsibility between multiple Federal, State, and local
government agencies with a complex set of programs and authorities.
Nationally, both the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) have programs to assist
states and communities in reducing flood damages and promoting
sound flood risk management. The authority to determine how land is
used in floodplains and to enforce flood-wise requirements is
entirely the responsibility of state and local government.
Floodplain management choices made by state and local officials, in
turn, impact the effectiveness of federal programs to mitigate
flood risk and the performance of federal flood damage reduction
infrastructure. One key challenge is to ensure that as the public
and government leaders make flood risk management decisions, they
integrate environmental, social, and economic factors and consider
all available tools to improve public safety. Importantly, the
public must be educated both as to the risks they face and actions
they can take to reduce their risks. Because of this complex
arrangement of responsibilities, only a life-cycle, comprehensive
and collaborative systems approach will enable communities to
sustain an effective reduction of risks from flooding.
Floods remain a significant hazard in the United States. Developing
and investing in flood-prone areas represents a trade-off between
the location's economic benefits and the exposure to a flood
hazard. In the United States, flood mitigation, protection,
emergency response and recovery roles and responsibilities are
shared. Local governments are responsible for land use and zoning
decisions that shape floodplain and coastal development. State and
federal programs, policies, and investments influence community and
individual decisions on managing flood risk. This book examines
federal flood policy challenges; FEMA's pre-disaster mitigation
program; flood risk management and levees; federal flood insurance
and the potential impact on agriculture.
Diese Open-Access-Publikation ist ein anwendungsorientiertes Lehr-
und Handbuch zur Abflussminderung im landlichen Raum.
Meteorologische Extreme wie Durren, Starkregen und
UEberschwemmungen haufen sich wegen des Klimawandels. Gleichzeitig
steigt der Druck auf unsere Landschaft kontinuierlich, indem sie
immer intensiver genutzt und effizienter erschlossen wird. Durch
diese Entwicklungen ergeben sich dringende Herausforderungen fur
den landlichen Hochwasserschutz und den Erhalt unserer naturlichen
Ressourcen Wasser und Boden. Das Buch beschreibt Methoden fur die
Planung von Massnahmen zur Abflussminderung. Es ist speziell fur
kleine Einzugsgebiete (< 25 km(2)) konzipiert, da gerade dort
viele Gemeinden durch die genannten Entwicklungen zunehmend mit
Sturzfluten und UEberflutungen konfrontiert sind. Gleichzeitig
koennen dezentrale Ansatze zur Abflussminderung hier am meisten
bewirken. Das Handbuch richtet sich vornehmlich an Ingenieure,
Planer und Berater von Landwirtschaft, Kommunen und Landlicher
Entwicklung, soll aber auch Studenten und Wissenschaftlern der
relevanten Fachgebiete als Informationsquelle und Nachschlagewerk
dienen. Die Autoren: Dr. Simon P. Seibert ist Ingenieuroekologe und
hat uber die Entstehung und Modellierung von Hochwasser in Munchen
und Karlsruhe promoviert. Seit Mitte 2019 leitet er der
Arbeitsgruppe Gebietshydrologie am Bayerischen Landesamt fur
Umwelt. Prof. Dr. Karl Auerswald lehrt am Wissenschaftszentrum
Weihenstephan fur Ernahrung, Landnutzung und Umwelt der TU Munchen.
Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte der vergangenen 40 Jahre sind
agraroekologische Prozesse, insbesondere der Wasserhaushalt von
Landschaften, Boeden, Pflanzen und Tieren.
Flood inundation models enable us to make hazard predictions for
floodplains, mitigating increasing flood fatalities and losses.
This book provides an understanding of hydraulic modelling and
floodplain dynamics, with a key focus on state-of-the-art remote
sensing data, and methods to estimate and communicate uncertainty.
Academic researchers in the fields of hydrology, climate change,
environmental science and natural hazards, and professionals and
policy-makers working in flood risk mitigation, hydraulic
engineering and remote sensing will find this an invaluable
resource. This volume is the third in a collection of four books on
flood disaster management theory and practice within the context of
anthropogenic climate change. The others are: Floods in a Changing
Climate: Extreme Precipitation by Ramesh Teegavarapu, Floods in a
Changing Climate: Hydrological Modeling by P. P. Mujumdar and D.
Nagesh Kumar and Floods in a Changing Climate: Risk Management by
Slodoban Simonovic.
First came the awful news that 12 boys and their football coach
were missing. Then came the flickering video of the boys found by a
pair of British divers nine days later. Monsoon rains had raised
the water level in the cave system, and they were trapped in an air
pocket, surrounded by rising muddy water, over two kilometres from
the cave entrance. Expert British, Australian, American, Chinese,
and other international divers joined the Thai Navy SEALs and
hundreds of local volunteers to mount one of the most risky and
complex rescue operations the world has ever seen. South-east Asia
correspondent James Massola recreates the drama, tension, and
inspiration of the days in July 2018 when the eyes of the whole
world were trained on a remote Thai mountain. Very little
information about what happened inside the cave was released by the
Thai authorities at the time, but through interviews Massola has
managed to obtain extensive details of the nine long days the Wild
Boars were on their own and during the rescue operation itself as
well as background information about the boys and coach. He writes
about the pivotal role of the British Cave Rescue Council in
leading the international effort, and determining the technical
aspects of the rescue. He reveals how the Thai, British, US,
Australian and other international divers worked together so
smoothly, when even a minor miscommunication could have resulted in
death or serious injury. And, most dramatically, he discloses the
number of instances in which the rescue operation nearly went
wrong.
Strategic Management of Flood Risk offers a holistic approach for
flood risk management to communities. This supports the practical
consideration of the full range of flood behaviour in decisions
that influence this risk. These decisions may relate to -
management activities aimed at reducing risk to the existing
community - land use planning activities to limit the growth in
risk related to new development - emergency management activities
aimed at preparing for, responding to, and recovering from floods.
This book provides a logical framework and understanding of how
flood risk to communities can be considered and managed. It
discusses approaches that allow consideration of the variation of
risk between and within floodplains, and across flood events of
different scales. It investigates how land use planning activities
that support community growth can be informed by an understanding
of the variation in flood behaviour, flood function, and isolation
of an area from safety, and the associated risks to the community
and the built environment. With full colour figures and diagrams in
a colour plate section, international case studies in land use
planning, emergency management and flood mitigation included, this
book provides value for engineers, town planners and professionals
involved in emergency management, as well as for postgraduate
students studying flood risk solutions.
South Florida continues to attract new residents despite its
susceptibility to sea-level rise. This book explores the views of
real estate agent with respect to how prospective homebuyers assess
the risk of flooding. It reports on their observations as to
whether house prices are stagnant or falling in coastal areas
vulnerable to flooding, and their conclusions after working with
prospective homebuyers as to whether coastal south Florida is a
good place to find a home or, alternatively, a risky investment in
a place that will eventually be submerged by rising seas. The book
reports on a 2020 survey of real estate agents and concludes that
it is not clear that the housing market has integrated flood risk
either into reduced demand for housing or in reduced prices for
houses susceptible to flooding. These conclusions have important
implications for understanding how the risks of climate change and
sea-level rise are reflected in the housing market both now and in
the near-term future.
ICE Themes Flood Resilience provides an overview of research and
latest developments in the field of flood management. The book
collates innovative ideas, methodologies and practical approaches
which address engineering challenges during various stages of
flooding, from assessment of vulnerability, implementation of
protective measures, through to management of extreme events in
order to promote faster recovery after a flood. It also seeks to
highlight the benefit of working collaboratively with a variety of
partners, and engagement with the public. This book has been
created from recent research published by ICE Publishing and aims
to provide readers with an overall view of the areas where flood
resilience approaches are relevant, as well as a snapshot of the
advances in research and practice. This book, which has been
compiled by two leading experts in the field, will be
an?ideal?addition to any library as a?resource for researchers and
students seeking an overview of the latest research on this topic.
Soil erosion and torrential floods, as destructive processes, have
serious implications on the economy, society, and environment. The
severity of torrential floods lies in their sudden occurrence and
high intensity, and hence, the defense against torrential floods is
very complex and demanding. Much remains to be discovered about
soil erosion and torrential floods prevention, management,
legislation, practices, and solutions worldwide. Thus, a better
understanding of various prevention and management developments on
soil erosion and torrential floods across different contexts is
needed to assess their impact on sustainability, especially in the
changed climate conditions. Prevention and Management of Soil
Erosion and Torrential Floods investigates the problems of erosion
and torrential floods and opportunities for the prevention,
management, and control of these destructive processes. It
highlights the importance of the prevention and management
practices of soil erosion and torrential floods with respect to the
exchange of knowledge and best practices. Covering topics such as
dam maintenance, wind erosion, and natural disasters, it is ideal
for environmentalists, environmental engineers, crisis response
specialists, policymakers, government officials, academicians,
students, experts, practitioners, and researchers in the fields of
soil erosion, torrential flood, environmental protection,
sustainable development, engineering, and management.
Coastal Flood Risk Reduction: The Netherlands and the U.S. Upper
Texas Coast represents the culmination of a 5-year international
research and education partnership funded by the US National
Science Foundation (NSF) and more than 10 years of collaboration
between Dutch and U.S. flood experts on the basic issue of how to
protect society from growing flood risks. Multiple case studies
integrating the fields of engineering, hydrology, landscape
architecture, economics, and planning address the underlying
characteristics of physical flood risks and their prediction; human
communities and the associated built environment; physical, social,
and built-environment variables; and mitigation techniques. In
recognition of the lack of systematic research and the growing
societal need to better understand flood impacts, this edited book
provides an in-depth, comparative evaluation of flood problems and
solutions in two key places: the Netherlands and the U.S. Upper
Texas Coast. Both regions are extremely flood-prone and have
experienced continual adverse impacts throughout their histories.
For researchers in flood management, geographers, hydrologists,
environmental studies, and social science as well as policymakers
and decision-makers in flood management authorities and related
industries, this book provides an essential resource.
Blue Dunes chronicles the design of artificial barrier islands
developed to protect the Mid-Atlantic region of North America in
the face of climate change. It narrates the complex, and sometimes
contradictory, research agenda of an unlikely team of analysts,
architects, ecologists, engineers, physicists, and planners
addressing extreme weather and sea level rise within the practical
limitations of science, politics, and economics.
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