Floods, from Defence to Management : Symposium Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Flood Defence, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 25-27 May 2005, Book + CD-ROM

ISBN-13: 9780415391191 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 418 str.

Opis

Reflects a worldwide change in strategy: from flood defence towards flood management. This work is useful for researchers, scientists, consultants, managers, donor agencies and government bodies involved in policy making and flood management.

Spis treści

Preface; Introduction- From flood defence to flood management – Prerequisites for sustainable flood management; Characteristic data on floods and flooding: Characteristic data on river floods and flooding; facts and figures; General keynotes: State of the art in policy development and implementation – From flood management to Integrated Flood Management; Flood management research needs; Recent Chinese progress in flood management; Special sessions: New flood risk management strategies (Netherlands Centre River Engineering) European Union Sessions; Theme overviews: Theme report; Keynotes; Frameworks; Keynote; Policy and implementation; Measures and solutions; Conclusions and declaration; Abstracts: Scientific developments; Frameworks; Policy and implementation; Measures and solutions; Poster Sessions.

O autorze

Jos van Alphen, Eelco van Beek, Marco Taal