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A framework for evaluating the effectiveness of flood emergency management systems in Europe [PDF]

, 2016
Calls for enhancing societal resilience to flooding are echoed across Europe alongside mounting evidence that flood risk will increase in response to climate change amongst other risk-enhancing factors.
Alexander, Meghan, Bruzzone, Silvia, Gilissen, Herman Kasper, Matczak, Piotr, Pettersson, Maria   +4 more
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Flood risk management in Flanders: past developments and future challenges [PDF]

, 2013
This paper presents the state of the art of flood risk management in Flanders, a low-lying region in the northern part of Belgium which is vulnerable to flooding.
De Maeyer, Philippe, Deckers, Pieter, Kellens, Wim, Meire, Ellen, Vanneuville, Wouter, Verfaillie, Els   +5 more
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Going home for tea and medals: How members of the flood risk management authorities in England construct flooding and flood risk management

Journal of Flood Risk Management, 2022
The construction of flooding and flood risk management are complex and there is potential for dissonance between individual and institutional understanding and experience of both. In this article, we start by investigating how flooding is managed and the
Phiala Mehring, Hilary Geoghegan, Hannah L. Cloke, Joanna M. Clark   +3 more
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Hydrodynamic system behaviour: its analysis and implications for flood risk management

E3S Web of Conferences, 2016
Knowledge on the different components of flood risk has much improved over the last decades, but research which fully takes into account not only the interactions between those components but also between different areas in a catchment or delta is still ...
de Bruijn Karin M., Diermanse Ferdinand L.M., van der Doef Marcel, Klijn Frans   +3 more
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Flood vulnerability of critical infrastructure in Cork, Ireland

E3S Web of Conferences, 2016
Recent flood events in Ireland and particularly in County Cork have caused significant disruption to health service provisions, interruption of water and power supplies, and damage to roads and other transportation infrastructure, affecting the lives of ...
de Bruijn Karin M., Cumiskey Lydia, Ní Dhubhda Róisín, Hounjet Micheline, Hynes William   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sustainable sediment management options for reservoirs: a case study of Chashma Reservoir in Pakistan

Applied Water Science, 2018
Globally the average annual loss of reservoir capacity is approximately 1%. Pakistan is confronting major issue of sedimentation which is continuously depleting the useful storage of reservoirs.
Mubashar Ali, Abdul Sattar Shakir
doaj   +1 more source

Review of Flood Risk Management Strategies and Legal and Practical Challenges [PDF]

آب و توسعه پایدار, 2023
Flood management is a technique and strategy to reduce the risk and damage caused by floods, and it specifies the necessity of using efficient solutions through short-term and long-term plans to minimize losses and damages during an accident.
S. M. Taheri, A. Mosaedi
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Spatial planning as a tool of flood risk management in rural landscapes? Position, limitations, and other findings: The case of Myjava Region (Slovakia)

Moravian Geographical Reports, 2023
In the context of flood risk management, the application of spatial planning is challenging. This article specifies the position of spatial planning in the context of flood risk management in Slovakia.
Solín Ľubomír, Sládeková Madajová Michala   +1 more
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Contemporary flood risk perceptions in England: Implications for flood risk management foresight [PDF]

Climate Risk Management, 2021
Although England has been experiencing major floods dating back thousands of years,\ud the hazard is increasing in frequency and intensity, exacerbated by climate risks with\ud potentially serious consequences. Despite attempts to mitigate climate risks\ud (manifested via recurrent flooding) in line with international disaster risk reduction\ud agendas,
Henry Ngenyam Bang, Nicholas Church Burton   +1 more
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Climate change adaptation, flood risks and policy coherence in integrated water resources management in England [PDF]

, 2016
Integrated water resources management (IWRM) assumes coherence between cognate aspects of water governance at the river basin scale, for example water quality, energy production and agriculture objectives.
A Jordan, A Jordan, A Jordan, AK Gain, C Johnson, D Benson, D Benson, D Benson, D Benson, D Benson, DA Mazmanian, David Benson, DC Thomas, Defra, Defra, Department for Communities and Local Government, E Ostrom, EC Penning-Rowsell, EC Penning-Rowsell, Environment Agency (EA), F Molle, GOV.UK, H Cook, H Cook, I Lorenzoni, Irene Lorenzoni, J Porter, JJ Rouillard, JO Veláquez Gomar, Local Government Association (LGA), LS Smith, M Bevir, M Hill, M Nilsson, National Audit Office (NAO), O Bennett, O Fritsch, OECD, Official Journal of the European Union, OR Young, P Pierson, PJ May, PJ May, RAW Rhodes, S Brouwer, W Dunn   +45 more
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