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Brief communication: Bridging the data gap – a call to enhance the representation of global coastal flood protection [PDF]
Natural Hazards and Earth System SciencesUnderstanding coastal flood protection is crucial for assessing risks from natural hazards and climate change. However, there is a significant lack of quantitative data on coastal flood protection and related standards, posing a major barrier to risk ...
N. van Maanen +7 more
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Sustainability, 2020 Nature-based solutions (NBS) are actions that use natural processes in a resource efficient manner to solve societal challenges. The lack of supportive legislature, and financial, communication and social barriers complicate the process of NBS ...
Maria A. Lilli +10 more
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Distributed System of Dams for Flood Protection of Urban Land to Ensure Sustainable Development
MATEC Web of Conferences, 2016 The article considers innovative materials and structures for multipurpose flood protection self-regulated dams. Russian and foreign experiences in flood consequence, as well as conceptions for protection of urban land in the context of climate change ...
Fedorov Mikhail +3 more
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Assessment of the Preparedness for Flood Protection of Municipalities in Presov Region Based on the Questionnaire Survey. [PDF]
Aerul şi Apa: Componente ale Mediului, 2019 Monitoring of floods with the ultimate aim of predicting them, and managing the rescue and rehabilitation operations during and after the calamity, has been a subject of discussion of various forums.
Vlasta Ondrejka HARBULAKOVA +2 more
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Resilience and adaptation of small and medium-sized enterprises to flood risk [PDF]
, 2012 Purpose – The UK has experienced a number of flood events in recent years, and the intensity and frequency of such events are forecast to further increase in future due to changing climatic conditions.
Ingirige, MJB, Wedawatta, GSD
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Assessing Chinese flood protection and its social divergence
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2020 . 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.
Dan-dan Wang +2 more
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Reconfigurable Flood Wall Inspired by Architected Origami [PDF]
, 2020 Recent interest in the art of origami has opened a wide range of engineering applications and possibilities. Shape changing structures based on origami have had a large influence on the drive for efficient, sustainable engineering solutions.
Luce, Benjamin
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Full-Scale Interface Friction Testing of Geotextile-Based Flood Defence Structures
Buildings, 2022 Open-topped woven polypropylene cellular containers filled with dense granular ballasts are often used as emergency flood defence structures. The effectiveness of these systems is highly dependent on the interaction with their bedding surface.
Emmett Klipalo +2 more
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Natural disasters and governmental aid : is there a charity hazard? [PDF]
, 2017 In the aftermath of natural disasters, governments frequently provide financial aid for affected households. This policy can have adverse effects if individuals anticipate it and forgo private precaution measures.
Andor, Mark +2 more
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Journal of Hydroinformatics, 2023 This paper aims at the optimal design of a system of small solid barrier-type stone dams in a semi-realistic study case, determining the number, location and height of dams and a borrow-pit (BP)'s location for benefit maximization and cost minimization ...
Yiannis Nikolaos Kontos +2 more
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