| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 431 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction to the Coastal Flood Risk Reduction Program / Samuel Brody, Baukje Bee Kothuis, and Yoonjeong Lee -- Mixing tulips with tacos : flood prevention practices and policies ; a comparison of north Texas coastal communities and the Netherlands / William Merrell -- Section I. Predicting the floods : environmental/physical underpinnings ; Storm surge modeling in the Gulf of Mexico and Houston-Galveston regions / Bruce A. Ebersole, Thomas W. Richardson, and Robert W. Whalin -- Modeling the movement of water and sediment in coastal environments / Jens Figlus -- Urban flood modeling : perspectives, challenges, and opportunities / Antonia Sebastian, Andrew Juan, and Philip B. Bedient -- Using machine learning to predict flood hazards based on historic damage / William Mobley and Russell Blessing -- Compound flooding / Antonia Sebastian -- |
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Section II. Paying the price : socioeconomic and political underpinnings of flood risk ; Cost-benefit analysis of a proposed coastal infrastructure for reducing storm surge-induced impact in the upper Texas coast / Meri Davlasheridze and Kayode O. Atoba -- The role of insurance in facilitating economic recovery from floods / Samuel Brody, Wesley E. Highfield, and Russell Blessing -- Behavioral insights into the causes of underinsurance against flood risks : experimental evidence from the Netherlands / Peter J. Robinson and W. J. Wouter Botzen -- Assessing economic risk, safety standards, and decision-making / Matthijs Kok -- |
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Section III. Place-based design and the built environment ; Infrastructure impacts and vulnerability to coastal flood events / Jamie E. Padgett, Pranavesh Panakkal, and Catalina González-Dueñas -- Understanding the impacts of the built environment on flood loss / Samuel Brody, Wesley E. Highfield, and Russell Blessing -- Plan evaluation for flood-resilient communities : the plan integration for resilience scorecard / Matthew Malecha, Siyu Yu, Malini Roy, Nikki Brand, and Philip Berke -- Dreaming about Houston and Rotterdam beyond oil and ship channels / Han Meyer -- A new nature-based approach for floodproofing the Metropolitan Region Amsterdam / Anne Loes Nillesen -- Green infrastructure-based design in Texas coastal communities / Galen Newman and Dongying Li -- Integrated urban flood design in the United States and the Netherlands / Fransje Hooimeijer, Yuka Yoshida, Andrea Bortolotti, and Luca Iuorio -- |
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Section IV. Resilient solutions for flood risk reduction : convergence of knowledge ; Flood risk reduction for Galveston Bay : preliminary design of a coastal barrier system / Sebastiaan N. Jonkman and Erik C. van Berchum -- Design, maintain and operate movable storm surge barriers for flood risk reduction / Marc Walraven, Koos Vrolijk, and Baukje Bee Kothuis -- Designing and implementing coastal dunes for flood risk reduction / Jens Figlus -- A proactive approach for the acquisition of flood-prone properties in advance of flood events / Kayode O. Atoba -- Wetlands as an ecological function for flood reduction / Wesley E. Highfield -- Designing and building flood proof houses / Anne Loes Nillesen -- Risk communication tools : bridging the gap between knowledge and action for flood risk reduction / Samuel Brody and William Mobley -- |
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Section V. Immersive place-based learning through convergence approach ; How to design a successful international integrative research and education program / Yoonjeong Lee and Baukje Bee Kothuis -- Measuring the educational effects of the problem- and place-based research education programs : the student survey / Yoonjeong Lee and Baukje Bee Kothuis -- A specific transdisciplinary co-design workshop model to teach a multiple perspective problem approach for integrated nature-based design / Jill H. Slinger and Baukje Bee Kothuis -- Flood risk assessment of storage tanks in the Port of Rotterdam / Sabarethinam Kameshwar -- Experiences on place-based learning and research outcomes from the perspective of a student / Alaina Parker-Belmonte -- Conclusions / Samuel Brody, Baukje Bee Kothuis, and Yoonjeong Lee |
| Summary |
This volume represents the culmination of a 5-year international research and education partnership funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) and more than 10 years of collaboration between Dutch and U.S. flood experts on the basic issue of how to protect society from growing flood risks. Multiple case studies integrating the fields of engineering, hydrology, landscape architecture, economics, and planning address the underlying characteristics of physical flood risks and their prediction; human communities and the associated built environment; physical, social, and built-environment variables; and mitigation techniques. In recognition of the lack of systematic research and the growing societal need to better understand flood impacts, this book provides an in-depth, comparative evaluation of flood problems and solutions in two key places: the Netherlands and the U.S. Upper Texas Coast. Both regions are extremely flood-prone and have experienced continual adverse impacts throughout their histories. For researchers in flood management, geographers, hydrologists, environmental studies, and social science as well as policymakers and decision-makers in flood management authorities and related industries, this book provides an essential resource |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references at chapter ends, and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Flood control -- Netherlands
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Flood control -- Texas
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Coastal zone management -- Netherlands
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Coastal zone management -- Texas
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Coastal zone management
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Flood control
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Netherlands
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Texas
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Brody, Samuel David. editor, author.
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Lee, Yoonjeong. editor, author
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Kothuis, Baukje Bee. editor, author
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| ISBN |
9780323852524 |
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0323852521 |
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