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Showing 1 to 20 of 45 for “"flood management"”.
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KNOWLEDGES, CONTROVERSIES AND FLOODS: national-scale flood management in Bangladesh
… and knowledges of experts responsible for flood management in Bangladesh. As one of the most disaster-prone nations on Earth, and in response to the neglect of power-holding experts within the existing literature, this project analyses the differences between academic accounts of flooding, …
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Natural flood management applications (NFM): the role of local institutions
Natural Flood Management (NFM) is promoted as part of sustainable flood management (SFM) in response to climate change adaptation. Stakeholder engagement is central to this approach, and current trends are progressively moving towards a collaborative learning approach where stakeholder …
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Moving towards climate-smart flood management in Bangkok and Tokyo
… urgent need for cities to enhance their disaster management systems to be "climate-smart," or more adaptive and resilient to climate change. In this study, I examine how two coastal megacities in Asia, Bangkok and Tokyo, are currently dealing with the changing climate and weather patterns, and …
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Natural flood management - an Ecosystem based Adaptation response for climate change
… and precipitation which will result in increased flood risk and corresponding social, economic and environmental impacts. Complementing more traditional structurally-based engineering interventions, an important additional <br/>adaptation strategy is through natural flood management (NFM). NFM …
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Adaptive water governance: flood management and the policy process in Scotland
… and draws lessons of policy relevance for flood management. Scholars using the concept of adaptive water governance posit that factors influencing the governing activities of social actors are of critical importance to improve society’s capacity to better respond to the on-going water …
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The effects of upstream Natural Flood Management on urban surface drainage performance
The evaluation of rural Natural Flood Management (NFM) has traditionally focused on the ability of interventions to mitigate downstream fluvial flooding by attenuating catchment response. This research expands this focus – investigating whether these same interventions could also mitigate surface …
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An Exploration into the Views and Perspectives of Welsh Local Authority Practitioners Towards Natural Flood Management (NFM)
Natural flood management (NFM), the catchment-based, natural approach to flood risk management, has gained momentum in academic and governmental circles in recent years as a sustainable, multi-functional approach that can reduce flood risk but also contribute to wider goals in today’s society. …
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Improving participation of the public in coastal flood management: A case study from the Suffolk coast, UK
… involvement that individuals have about coastal flood management in a local area. Levels of knowledge and involvement are then used to aid an investigation into their problems with, and preferences for participation in flood planning. Assessment of the levels of knowledge and involvement of the …
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How a dual drainage approach changes the examination of flood management infrastructure: a case study of the Chatham neighborhood of Chicago, IL
Systemic flooding has been one of the most pressing infrastructure problems facing low-lying communities in the Chicago metropolitan area. The Chatham neighborhood, located on the city’s south side, represents a unique case study to investigate local flooding causes and solutions because of its …
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Putting varieties of risk-based governance into institutional context: The case of flood management regimes in Germany and England in the 1990s and 2000s.
This thesis analyses how floods are managed in two European countries, focusing in particular on the role of risk instruments within emerging flood management regimes. Studying flood management is not only relevant because of a rise in frequency and severity of flood events in the 1990s and 2000s, …
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Optimising oak woodland establishment into UK upland pastures in the context of climate change; and the role of oak woodland in soil hydrological recovery for natural flood management
… leave downstream communities at elevated flood risk. The study examines changes in upland precipitation and the impact of upland ‘Atlantic’ oak (Quercus robur, Quercus petraea) woodland establishment on the recovery of soils for natural flood management (NFM). The soil moisture, livestock …
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Does the concept of “resilience” offer new insights for effective policy-making? An analysis of its feasibility and practicability for flood risk management in the UK
… these three aspects within the context of flood risk management in the UK, which is uniquely suited to studying the practicability of a cross-disciplinary concept like resilience, because it connects issues of natural resource management, social planning, and disaster management. First, I …
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Visible flows : the dynamics of community-based flood and water resource management and governance in Uthai Thani
… holistic integration of water resource and flood management. In addition, the capacity of small-scale community actors and self-organized entities are not visible to the central bureaucrats. Using the mega 2011 flood as the baseline example, the four chapters of the documentary film,'Visible …
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Development of flood prediction models using machine learning techniques
"Flooding and flash flooding events damage infrastructure elements and pose a significant threat to the safety of the people residing in susceptible regions. There are some methods that government authorities rely on to assist in predicting these events in advance to provide warning, but such …
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Application of open-access and 3rd party geospatial technology for integrated flood risk management in data sparse regions of developing countries
Floods are one of the most devastating disasters known to man, caused by both natural and anthropogenic factors. The trend of flood events is continuously rising, increasing the exposure of the vulnerable populace in both developed and especially developing regions. Floods occur unexpectedly in …
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Persisting Social Vulnerability, Stormwater Infrastructure, and Planning for Flooding and Resilience in Washington D.C.
… in addressing climate change, particularly in flood prevention and other associated benefits. Limited empirical studies have explored its spatial distribution and temporal changes in relation to the whole stormwater infrastructure. This dissertation investigates the intersection of stormwater …
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Coastal water level prediction: a comparative study of statistical and machine learning techniques for time series forecasting
… insightful predictions for operational use in flood management, as well as a deeper understanding of the influencing factors. Many existing models and projects focus on long-term trends in coastal water levels particularly in terms of climate change and global warming. This project investigated …
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Evaluating the Impacts of Flooding on the Residents of Lagos, Nigeria
Globally, flooding is one of the most common environmental hazards resulting in property damage and destruction, population displacement, disruption to day-to-day life, illness and fatalities. Lagos is the most populous city in Nigeria as well as Africa with over 20 million inhabitants and this …
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The capacity of local governments to build flood resilience in informal settlements: a social networks approach
… emissions drive anthropogenic climate change, flooding and flood related risk are likely to increase in frequency and intensity. The burden of these risks are expected to be concentrated in urban areas, particularly affecting highly vulnerable informal settlements. Adapting to these risks will …
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The political ecology of community-based adaptation to flood risk in informal settlements: the case of a local community organisation
… Cape Town, informal settlements face disastrous floods every year in the rainy season due to their location on degraded, low-lying lands as a result of Apartheid spatial planning. This thesis explores how multi-scalar governance in Cape Town can either empower or undermine efforts at …
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