04372nam 22006615 450 991029937860332120200701030242.03-319-71673-510.1007/978-3-319-71673-2(CKB)4100000002892145(MiAaPQ)EBC5335447(DE-He213)978-3-319-71673-2(PPN)225553082(EXLCZ)99410000000289214520180331d2018 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierManaging Flood Risk Innovative Approaches from Big Floodplain Rivers and Urban Streams /edited by Anna Serra-Llobet, G. Mathias Kondolf, Kathleen Schaefer, Scott Nicholson1st ed. 2018.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2018.1 online resource (181 pages)3-319-71672-7 1. Introduction -- Part I Big River Basins -- 2. Managing Floods in Large River Basins in the US: The Mississippi River -- 3. Managing Floods in Large River Basins in the US: The Sacramento River -- 4. Managing Floods in Large River Basins in Europe: The Rhine River -- Part II Urban Streams -- 5. Managing Floods in Mediterranean-Climate Urban Catchments: Experiences in the San Francisco Bay Area (California, US) and the Tagus Estuary (Portugal) -- 6. Managing Floods in Urban Catchments: Experiences in Denver Area (Colorado, US) and Geneva (Switzerland) -- 7. Conclusion .-.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 or extent, recent policies emphasize avoiding construction in flood-prone areas (or moving people from floodplains), reducing impacts on exposed populations through early warning systems, and insurance to aid in recovery. Implementing this new approach faces many challenges but also offers opportunities for synergies, as described in this book for a range of large floodplain rivers and smaller urban streams across North America and Europe. This book is unique in presenting the 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 specific geography as well as differences in governance between the American and European contexts. .Environmental geographyEnvironmental sociologyEnvironmental managementGeomorphologyHydrologyEnvironmental Geographyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/J19010Environmental Sociologyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X22160Environmental Managementhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/U17009Geomorphologyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/J16010Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Managementhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/215000Hydrology/Water Resourceshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/211000Environmental geography.Environmental sociology.Environmental management.Geomorphology.Hydrology.Environmental Geography.Environmental Sociology.Environmental Management.Geomorphology.Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.Hydrology/Water Resources.363.3493Serra-Llobet Annaedthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edtKondolf G. Mathiasedthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edtSchaefer Kathleenedthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edtNicholson Scottedthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edtBOOK9910299378603321Managing Flood Risk2529341UNINA