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SWOT PRINCIPLE IN FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT

Journal of Engineering Science, 2021
An analysis of global statistics shows a substantial increase in flood damage over the past few decades. With the recent transition to a more risk-based approach in European flood management policy, flood analysis models have become an important part of flood risk management. In many cases, flood damages are extensive to the environment, to the economy
Vasile Grama, Agostino Avanzi, Livia Nistor-Lopatenco   +2 more
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Difficult encounters around "monkey cheeks": Farmers' interests and the design of flood retention areas in Thailand [PDF]

, 2019
Flood retention areas are being increasingly promoted for flood risk management. People living in these areas will accept them if their interests are taken into account.
Doorn‐Hoekveld W., Foran T., Khamhongsak L., Lawrence S., Lebel L., Maskrey S., Molle F., Mukherji A., Ricks J. I., Sayaphan C., Shah T., Sricharo T., Thepkhachon P., Thongpan S.   +13 more
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Approaches to Strengthening Flood Risk Management [PDF]

中国工程科学
Flood is one of the most serious natural disasters, and China's flood control policies have transitioned from reducing disaster losses to mitigating disaster risks.
Jianting Cao, Zhongnan Zhao, Ziqiang Xing   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cataloging and Testing Flood Risk Management Measures to Increase the Resilience of Critical Infrastructure Networks

Smart Cities
Critical infrastructure (CI) networks face diverse natural hazards, such as flooding. CI network modeling methods are used to evaluate these hazards, enabling the analysis of cascading effects, flood risk, and potential flood risk-reducing measures ...
Roman Schotten, Daniel Bachmann
doaj   +1 more source

Do flood risk perceptions provide useful insights for flood risk management? Findings from central Vietnam [PDF]

, 2012
Following the renewed attention for non-structural flood risk reduction measures implemented at the household level, there has been an increased interest in individual flood risk perceptions. The reason for this is the commonly-made assumption that flood
Botzen, Botzen, Brouwer, Bubeck, Büchele, CEA, Few, Grothmann, ICPR, Kellens, Knocke, Kreibich, Kreibich, Kreibich, Kummu, Lindell, Miceli, Moel, Moel, Nadal, Nicholls, Plapp, Plattner, Siegrist, Sjöberg, Sjöberg, Sjöberg, Sjöberg, te Linde, Terpstra, Terpstra, Thieken, Thieken, Tran, Tran, Tran, Viscusi, Weinstein, Zaalberg   +38 more
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FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EUROPEAN DIRECTIVE 2007/60/EC IN THE AUTONOMOUS REGION OF MADEIRA

Finisterra - Revista Portuguesa de Geografia, 2019
The Decree-Law no. 115/2010, of October 22 where the Directive 2007/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on the assessment and management of flood risks is transposed into Portuguese national law, establish a framework ...
Nelson Mileu, António Carmona Rodrigues, Adelaide Valente   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

RegioFEM — Applying a floodplain evaluation method to support a future‐oriented flood risk management (Part II)

Journal of Flood Risk Management, 2022
Flood risk managers face increasing challenges in anticipating future developments and coordinating flood risk management on a regional level. The regional floodplain evaluation matrix (RegioFEM), a method to support a future‐oriented flood risk ...
Markus Eder, Lukas Löschner, Mathew Herrnegger, Karl Hogl, Ralf Nordbeck, Patrick Scherhaufer, Bernhard Schober, Walter Seher, Johannes Wesemann, Nina Zahnt, Helmut Habersack   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Partnership approaches in flood risk management: lessons from the Eastern Alps [PDF]

, 2016
In the past decades flood risk management has taken a paradigm shift away from a structural, securitybased approach towards more an integrated, risk-based approach.
Fuchs, Sven, Priest, Sally J., Thaler, Thomas   +2 more
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Risk perception – issues for flood management in Europe [PDF]

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2012
Public perception of flood risk and flood risk information is often overlooked when developing flood risk management plans. As scientists and the public at large perceive risk in very different ways, flood risk management strategies are known to have ...
R. A. Bradford, J. J. O'Sullivan, I. M. van der Craats, J. Krywkow, P. Rotko, J. Aaltonen, M. Bonaiuto, S. De Dominicis, K. Waylen, K. Schelfaut   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Multimodal Locomotion in Insect‐Inspired Microrobots: A Review of Strategies for Aerial, Surface, Aquatic, and Interfacial Motion

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review identifies key design considerations for insect‐inspired microrobots capable of multimodal locomotion. To draw inspiration, biological and robotic strategies for moving in air, on water surfaces, and underwater are examined, along with approaches for crossing the air–water interface.
Mija Jovchevska, Kaushik Jayaram, Nicole Xu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source