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Flood Label for buildings – a tool for more flood-resilient cities
E3S Web of Conferences, 2016 River floods are among the most expensive natural disasters in Europe. Traditional flood protection methods are not sufficient anymore. It is widely acknowledged in the scholarly debate and in practice of flood risk management that traditional flood ...
Hartmann Thomas, Scheibel Marc
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Less is More? Evaluating Technical Aspects and User Experiences of Smart Flood Risk Assessment Tools
Urban Planning, 2021 In light of several recent large-scale flooding events worldwide, the urgency of involving residents in the flood risk management debate is growing. However, this has so far proven to be problematic, mainly because of lacking or ineffective communication
Patrick A. Witte +2 more
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E3S Web of Conferences, 2016 Risk analysis methods are now widely used to inform and help flood protection system managers in their decision making. Identification and characterisation of risk reduction measures are among the main purposes of the risk analysis process.
Beullac B., Tourment R., Gumez F.
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Evaluation of Green and Grey Flood Mitigation Measures in Rural Watersheds
Applied Sciences, 2020 Floods cause considerable damages worldwide and mitigation of their adverse effects through effective protection measures is needed. Along with the commonly applied “grey” infrastructure, “green” measures that can offer additional benefits, such as ...
Ranko Pudar +2 more
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FLOPROS: an evolving global database of flood protection standards [PDF]
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2016 With projected changes in climate, population and socioeconomic activity located in flood-prone areas, the global assessment of flood risk is essential to inform climate change policy and disaster risk management.
P. Scussolini +6 more
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Hydraulic Analysis of Design of Flood Protection Measures in Lowland Conditions
IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 2021 AbstractThe goal of the contribution is to analyse and review the possibilities of flood protection in hydrological, morphological and geological conditions of the East Slovak Lowland, specifically the flood protection of the county city Trebišov. The flood situation is caused very often by the Trnávka stream flowing along the city.
Andrej Šoltész +3 more
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The determinants of private flood mitigation measures in Germany - evidence from a nationwide survey [PDF]
, 2014 Public flood protection cannot totally eliminate the risk of flooding. Hence, private mitigation measures which proactively protect homes from being flooded or reduce flood damage are an essential part of modern flood risk management. This study analyses
Osberghaus, Daniel
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Ecological Indicators, 2021 Low efficiency of water use in agricultural irrigation is the main obstacle preventing river ecological base flow protection in water shortage areas in Northwest China.
Bo Cheng, Huaien Li
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PLoS ONE, 2020 Adaptive behaviour has become a crucial aspect in current flood risk management strategies across the globe, especially in response to potential consequences of flood hazards and facing challenges of climate change.
Marie-Sophie Attems +4 more
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KKU Engineering Journal, 2015 Development processes of a master plan formulation for flood protection and mitigation consists of the selection process of a targeted area based on risk level, developing a present and future flood inundation map and a flood risk map and identify ...
Chatchai Jothityangkoon +3 more
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