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Showing 1 to 20 of 48 for “"Flood mitigation"”.
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Future Flood Mitigation in Charlotte-Mecklenburg
This case study examines the successes of flood mitigation planning in Charlotte-Mecklenburg, beginning with their locally created future conditions flood risk maps, and followed by complementary risk reduction strategies informed by these maps. Charlotte-Mecklenburg’s future conditions maps, known …
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Testing the Waters: The Social Contexts of Homeowner Flood Mitigation
… Louisiana regularly experiences effects from flooding. This study looks at what homeowners are doing to reduce their losses from floods through the practices of flood mitigation. I developed four hypotheses to predict homeowners' mitigation behavior. (1) Homeowners with a history of flooding …
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Flood Mitigation Decision Tool for Target Repetitive Loss Properties in Jefferson Parish
… Orleans parishes, has been affected severely by floods. These two parishes have experienced fifteen significant flood events in twenty six years from 1978 to 2004, either due to tropical weather or strong rainfall events. Those floods have resulted in billions of dollars in damages. In 1996 the …
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Risk-Based Decision Making Model for the Selection of Flood Mitigation Alternatives
… disasters such as wildfires, hurricanes and flooding, resulting in big economic, environmental, and social impacts. In the case of flood events, impacts such as community anxiety, loss of life, water pollution, and contamination of agricultural land have been found to be equally, if not more …
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Urban flood mitigation through land-use adaptation : a socioecological perspective of Paraty
… adapting land-use change dynamics in periurban floodplains to the Social Function of Property and the City, as a potentially effective way of mitigating urban flood risks. The Brazilian city of Paraty is the empirical object of analysis, considering the Mateus Nunes and Perequê-Açu river basins …
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Approach to flood mitigation - a post sandy study in New Jersey Meadowlands area
… communities are alarmingly vulnerable due to flood and storm surge impacts such as those caused by super storm Sandy in 2012. In order to mitigate this risk, the communities need to look beyond the short term recovery measures, and build a sustainable community by implementing long term …
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Examining business perceptions of flood risk in relation to the governance of flood mitigation on the Humber Estuary
… the reconciliation of economic development and flood risk mitigation on the Humber Estuary, England. As sea level-rise is increasing due to suspected anthropogenic climate change, the Environment Agency has taken a lead role in mitigating flood risk on the Humber estuary through the process of …
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Making and unmaking the dry city : the design-politics of flood mitigation from infrastructural modernization to climate adaptation
… in response to the compound challenges of 1) flooding linked to climate change and 2) uneven urbanization. Advocates of contemporary flood mitigation efforts often frame their proposals as qualitatively different than the 'gray' levee and pump projects of previous generations. 20th century dry …
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A flood preparedness tool for Chicago: Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model downscaling to improve rainfall forecasts and flood mitigation
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2022-11-11 without embargo terms
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Repetitive Flooding in Riverine Towns: Understanding Responses, Barriers, and Challenges for the Future
… of precipitation events and increase inland flooding in the United States in the coming decades (Allan et al., 2020; Easterling et al., 2017; Kerlin, 2019; Mallakpour & Villarini, 2015). Unlike coastal communities, which have seen increased attention in the face of climate change, riverine …
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Sustainable urban drainage and IoT monitoring for urban flood mitigation in a changing climate [Sistemi di drenaggio urbano sostenibile e IoT per la mitigazione delle inondazioni urbane in un contesto di cambiamento climatico]
L'urbanizzazione, insieme al riscaldamento globale e alla pianificazione urbana inadeguata, sta alterando il ciclo idrologico, intensificando i rischi naturali e, in particolare, le inondazioni in ambito urbano. Una gestione efficace del rischio di inondazione richiede sia misure di mitigazione …
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Assessment of flood protection strategies for combined critical infrastructure failure and hurricane/storm surge events in the Meadowlands area
… comprehensive post-Sandy NJIT project entitled "Flood Mitigation Engineering Resource Center (FMERC)", a detailed investigation of alternative measures for flood mitigation in the Meadowlands area was completed in June 2014. The project involved the assessment of flood impacts, and the evaluation …
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Identifying controls on and potential solutions to storm water flooding in urban area- a case study of the UA campus
Flash flooding in the University of Alabama (UA) campus has become more frequent than before due to the rapid development throughout the campus and the City of Tuscaloosa. To function as a robust and flood free area, the UA campus requires updated and data-informed flood mitigation measures. …
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Resident Participation in Watershed Management: Preference for Riparian Landscapes, Attitudes, and Behaviors- Case Study of Cedar River Watershed, Washington
… that shares the problem of urbanization and flooding with many other riparian ecosystems in the Pacific Northwest. Restoration of the watershed is not only beneficial to the ecological health of the River, but to the flood mitigation of private riverfront properties. Therefore, engaging the …
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An analysis of management practices of the headteachers in seven selected flood prone primary schools in Mwandi district, Zambia.
… practices of the headteachers in seven selected flood prone Primary schools in Mwandi district. The aim of this study was to assess strategies head teachers used to enhance learning in seven selected flood prone primary schools in Mwandi district. These strategies used included community …
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An analysis of management practices of the headteachers in seven selected flood prone primary schools in Mwandi district, Zambia.
… practices of the headteachers in seven selected flood prone Primary schools in Mwandi district. The aim of this study was to assess strategies head teachers used to enhance learning in seven selected flood prone primary schools in Mwandi district. These strategies used included community …
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ECOHYDROLOGICAL MODELING OF BEAVER DAMS
… flow states, which might result in drought and flood mitigation. To date, four published hydrological models have been developed to predict these impacts; however, these models were unable to represent dam variability and dynamics. In this study, a model specific to beaver dams was developed to …
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Third landscapes for flood-resilience: Rethinking scales of green infrastructure in neighborhoods in Khulna, Bangladesh
… of nature-based design adaptations to urban flooding in response to ongoing urban development and the impacts of climate change in Khulna, Bangladesh. Located in the southwest part of Bangladesh, Khulna City is threatened by the dual effects of rising sea levels and waterlogging during heavy …
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Large-scale Process-based Urban Hydrological Modeling Framework
Urban flooding presents a significant global challenge, exacerbated by increasingly frequent extreme climate events and rapid urbanization. Mitigation efforts typically involve implementing various strategies to enhance stormwater storage and infiltration. However, the complexity of these …
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