Urban Pluvial Flooding Managing the Risk in Resilient Cities
Auteurs : Aronica Giuseppe T., Manojlovic Natasa, Hammond Michael, Chen Albert
- An interdisciplinary approach for assessing and mitigating flood risk incorporating engineering, natural sciences and social sciences.
- Provides a review of the inputs and components of urban pluvial flood modelling methods
- Provides a holistic systematic analysis of disaster risk reduction due to pluvial flooding events
- Includes examples and results from real case studies from throughout the world
Part 1: Challenges 1. Hydrology and hydraulics (incl. climate change) 2. Urban growth and sustainability 3. Socio-economic changes 4. Cascading effects 5. Structural and non-structural
Part 2: Prevention Tools and Methods 6. Climate projections 7. Urban growth modelling 8. Hydrological modelling 9. Hydraulic modelling 10. Impact assessment 11. Risk management
Part 3: Applications and case studies Part 4: Integration
Dr. Natasa Manojlovic is a senior researcher at the Hamburg University of Technology with over 15 years of experience in the filed of urban flood risk management and resilience. Her major research interests include (urban) flood risk assessment and modelling, flood resilient concepts and strategies including nature-based solutions, hard/grey infrstructure and their combinations (hybrid solutions).
Dr. Michael Hammond is an international consultant specialized in flood risk management and climate change adaptation. He is currently working for organizations such as the World Bank and World Health Organization.
Dr Albert Chen is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Water Systems, University of Exeter, with over 15 years of experience in urban flood management. His research interests include urban drainage, hydrology and hydraulic modelling, computational fluid dynamic, flood forecasting and early warning, flood damage assessment, risk management, hazard mitigation, and resilience strategies.
Date de parution : 11-2020
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