Managing Flood Risk: Innovative Approaches from Big Floodplain Rivers and Urban Streams - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3319716727 ISBN 13 : 9783319716725

Editeur : Springer International Publishing AG, 2018

Synopsis

1. Introduction

Part I Big River Basins

2. Managing Floods in Large River Basins in the US: The Mississippi River

3. Managing Floods in Large River Basins in the US: The Sacramento River

4. Managing Floods in Large River Basins in Europe: The Rhine River

Part II Urban Streams

5. Managing Floods in Mediterranean-Climate Urban Catchments: Experiences in the San Francisco Bay Area (California, US) and the Tagus Estuary (Portugal)

6. Managing Floods in Urban Catchments: Experiences in Denver Area (Colorado, US) and Geneva (Switzerland)

7. Conclusion

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Anna Serra-Llobet is Director of the Sustainable Floodplains Project at the Institute of International Studies, University of California, Berkeley, USA and Research Fellow at the IMéRA Institut d'Etudes Avancées, Université Aix-Marseilles, France.

G. Mathias Kondolf is Professor of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning at the University California Berkeley, USA and EURIAS Research Fellow at Collegium - Lyon Institut d'Etudes Avancées, Université de Lyon, France.

Kathleen Schaefer is a Researcher at the Center for Catastrophic Risk Management, University of California, Berkeley, USA, and recently retired from the post of Regional Engineer for Region IX of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Scott Nicholson is a Researcher at the Center for Catastrophic Risk Management, University of California, Berkeley, USA, and a Senior Policy Advisor and Analyst at the US Army Corps of Engineers, Washington DC.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer International Publishing AG
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3319716727
• ISBN 13: 9783319716725
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 164
• Éditeur: Serra-Llobet Anna, Kondolf G. Mathias, Schaefer Kathleen, Nicholson Scott
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Koch-Chemie GmbH; https://www.koch-chemie.com ; ; Einsteinstr. 42; Unna; 59423; Allemagne