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Flood risk management and ‘fairness’: aspirations and reality [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2016 Flood risk management in United Kingdom has been going through a process of rapid change in the last decade or so, no doubt spurred on by a series of very serious floods since the year 2000.
Penning-Rowsell Edmund C. +2 more
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Systematization of floods and anti-flood measures
Меліорація і водне господарство, 2022 The problem of floods and conceptual issues of flood protection based on system analysis was considered. It is well-known that floods are among the most dangerous natural phenomena that have accompanied mankind since ancient times.
V. I. Petrochenko, O. V. Petrochenko
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Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2023 Studying the propagation law and response relationship between meteorological elements and hydrological drought is conducive to exploring the propagation mechanism and transmission time of drought, and providing a basis for reasonable and efficient ...
Fang Wan +9 more
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Assessing Chinese flood protection and its social divergence [PDF]
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2021 China is one of the most flood-prone countries, and development within floodplains is intensive. However, flood protection levels (FPLs) across the country are mostly unknown, hampering the present assertive efforts on flood risk management. Based on the
D. Wang +4 more
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Does flood protection affect urban expansion in the coastal flood-prone area of China?
Frontiers in Earth Science, 2022 Understanding the characteristics of urbanization under different flood protection levels is vital for sustainable development in coastal flood-prone areas (CFAs).
Yijing Wu +5 more
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The determinants affecting the intention of urban residents to prepare for flood risk in China [PDF]
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2022 In the context of global warming and China's disaster response patterns, it is critical to understand how to promote the effectiveness of household flood protection measures among the public.
T. Wang +10 more
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Flood damages assessment – case study [PDF]
Aerul şi Apa: Componente ale Mediului, 2018 The article deals with the resolution of the problem of managing flood risk with the aim of effective management focusing on reducing flood risks and thus increasing the measure of flood protection. It is elaborated in the sense of currently valid Slovak
M. ZELEŇÁKOVÁ, L. GAŇOVÁ
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The Dutch Flood Protection Programme: Taking Innovations to the Next Level
Water, 2022 The Dutch regional water authorities face an enormous task: the strengthening of about 1500 km of dikes and 500 civil-engineering structures before 2050.
E. Tromp, Anouk te Nijenhuis, Han Knoeff
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A global open-source database of flood-protection levees on river deltas (openDELvE)
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2021 . Flood-protection levees have been built along rivers and coastlines globally. Current datasets, however, are generally confined to territorial boundaries (national datasets) and are not always easily accessible, posing limitations for hydrologic models
J. O'Dell +4 more
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Water, 2021 Flood protection is considered one of the crucial regulating ecosystem services due to climate change and extreme weather events. As an ecosystem service, it combines the results of hydrological and ecosystem research and their implementation into land ...
Igor Gallay +3 more
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