Flood Barriers
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Security Of Flood Defenses
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Author : Jos de Lange
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2019-07-08
Security Of Flood Defenses written by Jos de Lange and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-08 with Technology & Engineering categories.
This book presents new approaches to security risk analysis and scenario building on the basis of water works such as flood barriers and storm surge barriers. Defending flood barriers is not only important because of climate change and rising sea levels, but also due to the vulnerability of fresh water supplies and the increasing number of people living in vulnerable low-lying river and sea deltas.
Temporary Flood Barriers
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Author : Sarah M. McCormack
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Temporary Flood Barriers written by Sarah M. McCormack and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Flood control categories.
Flood Barriers
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Author : Source Wikipedia
language : en
Publisher: University-Press.org
Release Date : 2013-09
Flood Barriers written by Source Wikipedia and has been published by University-Press.org this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09 with categories.
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 28. Chapters: Thames Barrier, Severn Barrage, MOSE Project, Maeslantkering, Floodgate, Saint Petersburg Dam, Fox Point Hurricane Barrier, Gulf Intracoastal Waterway West Closure Complex, Oosterscheldekering, Schwimmtor, IHNC Lake Borgne Surge Barrier, Hesco bastion, Eider Barrage, Flood barrier, Seabrook Floodgate, Tainter gate, Hartelkering, Coupure, West Return Floodwall. Excerpt: The Severn Barrage refers to a range of ideas for building a barrage from the English coast to the Welsh coast over the Severn tidal estuary. Ideas for damming or barraging the Severn estuary (and Bristol Channel) have existed since the 19th century. The building of such a barrage would be a huge engineering feat, comparable with some of the world's biggest construction projects. The purposes of such a project has typically been one, or several of: transport links, flood protection, harbour creation, or tidal power generation. In recent decades it is the latter that has grown to be the primary focus for barrage ideas, and the others are now seen as useful side-effects. Following the Severn Tidal Power Feasibility Study (2008-10), the British government concluded that there was no strategic case for building a barrage but to continue to investigate emerging technologies. There have been numerous proposed projects over the years, initially to provide a safe harbour and more recently to generate electricity. Thomas Fulljames's own impression of his proposed BarrageIn 1849 Thomas Fulljames, a civil engineer and the county surveyor for Gloucestershire proposed a barrage from Beachley to Aust (now the site of the first Severn Bridge), a span of just over 1 mile (1.6 km). Since this was before commercial electricity production, the first proposals were based on the desire for a large shipping harbour in the Severn Estuary, and also road and railway...
Flood Risk
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Author : Zoran Vojinovic
language : en
Publisher: IWA Publishing
Release Date : 2015-03-15
Flood Risk written by Zoran Vojinovic and has been published by IWA Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-15 with Science categories.
According to the International Disaster Database (EM-DAT), over the last seventy years, floods have shown the fastest rate of increase relative to any other type of disasters. Devastation due to these events occurs almost daily. Even though our technological capabilities for dealing with floods have advanced rapidly over the same period, and while global economic growth per capita has doubled, flood events have become ever more disastrous. Does this mean that our technological developments have advanced independently from the social and wider ecological needs? Flood Risk: The Holistic Perspective is a direct response to this question and it argues that this paradoxical situation is a result from our narrow and fragmented perception of reality which has been characteristic of our academic disciplines and government agencies. It suggests that the way forward can be found only if we broaden our view and learn how the natural or social phenomena can provoke a response in a society, or a social group, which in turn can trigger the technical developments, and so on, again and again, in what has the potential to become a network of interactions and relationships through positive feedback (or coevolving) cycles. The holistic perspective however may raise the following question: If everything is connected to everything else, how can we ever hope to understand anything? Our response draws from the understandings brought by complexity theory where individual elements coevolve together both in development and application. This recognition opens a new analysis which goes beyond the direct objects or actors of concern (risk forecasting, early warning, land-use planning technology and systems for example), and into the relationships between them. The book suggests that our initial response to this and many other challenges is to change our perception from a disciplinary and defensive one to a progressive (or transcendental) and transdiciplinary, i.e., the one that turns challenges into the possibilities that can re-shape our future. The book is structured in eight chapters. Chapter 1 provides exposure to the complexity of flood-related issues and illustrates diversity of multiple points of view. Chapter 2 elaborates on the history of holistic thinking with connection to the flood resilience process. Chapter 3 discusses the holistic risk governance approach which progresses beyond the integrated urban flood management. Chapter 4 describes the Green Cities Initiative, an initiative which is essentially holistic in its nature as it aims to improve transport, energy efficiency, industrial metabolism including water supply and distribution as well as drainage and sewerage services through the holistic lens of interactions between different sectors. Chapter 5 discusses various risk assessment practices and it concludes that any practice that omits social, ethical and wider ecological points of view will be severely restricted in its scope and its reach. Chapter 6 describes the root causes of floods in the Pasig-Marikina River Basin in Metro Manila, Philippines. Chapter 7 reflects upon the key issues and challenges from 2011 Thailand floods. Finally, Chapter 8 presents some of the key aspects concerning urban stormwater management practice in Beijing, China.
Rising Waters A Comprehensive Guide To Flood Preparedness And Recovery
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Author : Colin Tandy
language : en
Publisher: Colin Tandy
Release Date : 2024-04-08
Rising Waters A Comprehensive Guide To Flood Preparedness And Recovery written by Colin Tandy and has been published by Colin Tandy this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-04-08 with Self-Help categories.
Rising Waters: Weathering the Flood Threat (A Comprehensive Guide to Flood Preparedness and Recovery) Is your home ready for the rising tide? Floods are a growing threat in our changing climate, leaving communities vulnerable and unprepared. But fear not! "Rising Waters" is your comprehensive guide to navigating flood risks and protecting your home and family. In this empowering book, you'll discover: The science behind floods: Understand the causes, types, and how climate change is increasing flood risks. Your home's vulnerability: Identify potential threats based on location, elevation, and past flood history. Actionable preparedness strategies: Create a flood preparedness plan, assemble an emergency kit, and secure necessary insurance. Flood mitigation techniques: Learn practical steps to fortify your property, minimize damage, and promote drainage. Recovery guidance: Navigate the aftermath of a flood with effective cleaning, sanitation, and repair strategies. Empowering information: Debunk common flood myths and make informed decisions for your safety. Resources for children: Age-appropriate tips to educate and empower young ones about flood safety. Rising Waters goes beyond just surviving a flood. It empowers you to build a flood-resilient future. With practical advice, actionable steps, and clear explanations, this book equips you with the knowledge and tools to face potential floods with confidence. Don't wait for the waters to rise. Take action today and weather the storm with Rising Waters!
Finite Element Modeling For Assessing Flood Barrier Risks And Failures Due To Storm Surges And Waves
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Author : Dylan M. Wood
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020
Finite Element Modeling For Assessing Flood Barrier Risks And Failures Due To Storm Surges And Waves written by Dylan M. Wood and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with Fluid dynamics categories.
Storms often severely impact coastal areas, posing risks to life, infrastructure and the economy. In major coastal centers of population and commerce, extensive flood protection systems are implemented to mitigate storm impacts and reduce risks. If the flood barriers that comprise these systems fail, e.g., by erosion, excess capacity, or some design flaw, then extensive losses can be incurred to protected areas. Finite element models for solutions to the shallow water equations are frequently used to project risks to coastal areas due to impacts of storm surge; however, despite the significant risks posed by flood barrier failures, the models in use typically are limited in regard to modeling these risks, only considering one of the many different modes in which these systems may potentially fail, overtopping. Additionally, the finite element models exert considerable computational demand, often constraining their applications to high performance parallel computing environments. In this study, we seek to enhance the flood barrier modeling capabilities of current finite element modeling frameworks designed for projecting risks due to storm surge, by seeking cost effective solutions that minimize additional computational demands as well as by optimizing the currently existing techniques. Discussion of these developments primarily is in the context of a discontinuous Galerkin (DG) based framework for modeling of shallow water flow. We demonstrate improvements on the efficiency of this approach by implementing DG-optimized strong stability-persevering Runge--Kutta (RK) time stepping, which optimizes for the stability region of the RK method, and can reduce the computational demand by at least 5% for low-order approximations. Additional consideration is owed to quadrilateral based finite element meshes, which can nearly half the computational demand exerted by more commonly used triangular meshes. Finally, we demonstrate fast and effective approximations of storm surge by parametric wind modeling, in lieu of processing large data sets of atmospheric measurements. Approaches for modeling the interaction of flow with flood barriers are also refined, by first introducing corrections for piping flows, i.e., flows which may occur through a barrier structure at localized points either due to design or by internal erosion, and then by coupling with a parametric model for waves. The parametric wave model is shown to provide reliable approximations of wave heights and overtopping rates for barrier structures, as compared to a commonly used spectral wave model, despite its significantly reduced computational demand and description of the wave field. Finally, we demonstrate a framework for interfacing these finite element modeling capabilities with those for continuum analysis and geotechnical modeling to realize the full extent of risks posed to a barrier structure by storm impact, and study a case involving failure due to a flood wall and embedded sheet pile instability in a levee in New Orleans, Louisiana. By the model optimizations and refinements shown here, researchers can be prepared to more thoroughly and efficiently assess risks posed to flood barrier structures by storms as well as the flooding risks posed by the potential failures of these structures, especially in the context of forecasting risks for hurricanes and tropical storms.
Undeveloped Coastal Barriers Flood Insurance
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
Undeveloped Coastal Barriers Flood Insurance written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with categories.
Flood Proofing Systems Techniques
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985
Flood Proofing Systems Techniques written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Buildings categories.
Flood Hazards
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Author : Jessica Lamond
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2011-07-28
Flood Hazards written by Jessica Lamond and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-28 with Science categories.
A 360-degree view of the response to flood risk As major flooding events around the world show, the impact of flooding on the built environment can cause widespread chaos. These flood events form part of a wider pattern of increasing flood frequency coupled with increased vulnerability of the built environment to flood hazard. Flood risk can unite or divide communities and the responses to potential risk can range from denial to perfect adaptation. Drawing on the experience of communities and experts, Flood Hazards: Impacts and Responses for the Built Environment offers guidance on managing urban flooding and flood risk. It brings together a diversity of viewpoints and experiences on flood impacts and responses from leading academics, flood restoration specialists, emergency responders, architects, planning consultants, insurers, policymakers, and community representatives. By including the perspective of the community and the views of households and businesses at risk, this volume makes a unique contribution to the literature on flood management. The chapter organization loosely corresponds to the phases of the disaster management cycle, covering emergency preparation and response; recovery, repair, and reconstruction; and mitigation and adaptation. Contributors examine the types of impacts and discuss forecasting and emergency warning. They describe processes and good practice in recovery of flood-damaged property from the perspectives of the insurance industry, restorers, and loss adjusters. The book also deals with business continuity, land-use planning, property-level and infrastructure protection, and urban drainage, looking at the regulation and design of the built environment as one way to reduce risk. A section on community response to flooding sheds light on the experiences of flood-affected families. Written for students, practitioners, and researchers in flood risk management, as well as for professionals who may encounter flood-related issues in the course of their work, this cross-disciplinary book makes a valuable contribution towards designing a future built environment that is more resilient to flood risk.
Flood Proofing Systems Techniques
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985
Flood Proofing Systems Techniques written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Buildings categories.