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Flood Hazards - Impacts and Responses for the Built Environment (Paperback)
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Flood Hazards - Impacts and Responses for the Built Environment (Paperback)
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A 360-degree view of the response to flood risk As major flooding
events around the world show, the impact of flooding on the built
environment can cause widespread chaos. These flood events form
part of a wider pattern of increasing flood frequency coupled with
increased vulnerability of the built environment to flood hazard.
Flood risk can unite or divide communities and the responses to
potential risk can range from denial to perfect adaptation. Drawing
on the experience of communities and experts, Flood Hazards:
Impacts and Responses for the Built Environment offers guidance on
managing urban flooding and flood risk. It brings together a
diversity of viewpoints and experiences on flood impacts and
responses from leading academics, flood restoration specialists,
emergency responders, architects, planning consultants, insurers,
policymakers, and community representatives. By including the
perspective of the community and the views of households and
businesses at risk, this volume makes a unique contribution to the
literature on flood management. The chapter organization loosely
corresponds to the phases of the disaster management cycle,
covering emergency preparation and response; recovery, repair, and
reconstruction; and mitigation and adaptation. Contributors examine
the types of impacts and discuss forecasting and emergency warning.
They describe processes and good practice in recovery of
flood-damaged property from the perspectives of the insurance
industry, restorers, and loss adjusters. The book also deals with
business continuity, land-use planning, property-level and
infrastructure protection, and urban drainage, looking at the
regulation and design of the built environment as one way to reduce
risk. A section on community response to flooding sheds light on
the experiences of flood-affected families. Written for students,
practitioners, and researchers in flood risk management, as well as
for professionals who may encounter flood-related issues in the
course of their work, this cross-disciplinary book makes a valuable
contribution towards designing a future built environment that is
more resilient to flood risk.
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