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Coastal Flood Risk Reduction: The Netherlands and the U.S. Upper Texas Coast 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 edited 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.

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Publisher:   Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Imprint:   Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Weight:   0.450kg
ISBN:  

9780323852517

ISBN 10:   0323852513
Pages:   448
Publication Date:   29 April 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Coastal Flood Risk Reduction Program 2. Setting the Stage -Tulips and Tacos 3. Storm Surge Modeling in the Gulf of Mexico and Houston-Galveston Region 4. Modeling movement of water and sand (sediment transport) in coastal environments 5. Inland (pluvial) and urban flood prediction 6. Using machine learning to predict flood hazards based on previous losses 7. Compound flooding 8. Cost/benefit analysis to calculate residential and industrial impacts in TX 9. The Role of Insurance in Facilitating Economic Recovery from Floods 10. Behavioral insights into the causes of underinsurance against flood risks: Experimental evidence from the Netherlands 11. Calculating economic risk, safety standards and decision making 12. Infrastructure impacts and vulnerability to coastal flood events 13. Understanding the impacts of development patterns and the built environment on flood loss 14. Plan evaluation for flood resilient communities: The Plan Integration for Resilience Scorecard 15. Dreaming about Houston and Rotterdam beyond oil and ship channel 16. A new nature-based approach for flood proofing the Metropolitan Region Amsterdam 17. Green Infrastructure-based Design in Texas Coastal Communities 18. Integrated urban design in the U.S.A. and the Netherlands 19. Flood risk reduction for Galveston Bay: preliminary design of a coastal barrier 20. Design, maintain and operate movable storm surge barriers for flood risk reduction 21. Designing and implementing coastal dunes for flood risk reduction 22. Evaluating the Economic Benefits of Proactive Property Acquisition in Coastal Communities. Case of the Houston- Galveston Region 23. Wetlands as an Ecological Function for Flood Reduction 24. Designing and building Flood-proof houses 25. Risk Communication Tools: Bridging the gap between knowledge and action for flood risk reduction. 26. How to design a successful international integrative research and education program 27. The effects of place-and-problem-based research education: the student survey 28. A specific cross-disciplinary Building with Nature workshop-model to teach a multi-perspective problem approach for integrated design 29. Flood risk assessment of storage tanks in the Port of Rotterdam - a multi-faceted learning experience 30. Detailing experiences on place-based learning and research outcomes from a student perspective. 31. Conclusions and synthesis

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Dr. Brody is a Director, Institute for a Disaster Resilient Texas, and Professor, Department of Marine and Coastal Environmental Science, Texas A&M University, Galveston Campus, Galveston, Texas, USA. He is an adjunct professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rice University. He was also the Lead Technical Expert for the Governor's Commission to Rebuild Texas in response to Hurricane Harvey. Dr. Brody's research focuses on coastal environmental planning, spatial analysis, flood mitigation, climate change policy, and natural hazards mitigation. He has published numerous scientific articles on flood risk and mitigation, and the book, Rising Waters: The causes and consequences of flooding in the United States. He is the PI of the NSF PIRE Coastal Flood Risk Reduction Program. Associate Research Scientist, Institute for a Disaster Resilient Texas, and Lecturer, Department of Marine and Coastal Environmental Science, Texas A&M University, Galveston Campus, Galveston, Texas, USA. She is the Education Program Director of the NSF PIRE Coastal Flood Risk Reduction Program. She holds a PhD in Urban and Regional Sciences from Texas A&M University. Her research focuses on urban flooding, flood risk reduction and mitigation strategies, urban resiliency, and transformative and authentic learning in education. She teaches graduate courses in sustainable coastal management and resiliency, international flood risk mitigation strategies, environmental planning and urban resiliency. Dr. Kothuis is a Research Associate, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Hydraulic Structures and Flood Risk, TU Delft, Delft, The Netherlands and Chief Representative, Netherlands Business Support Office, Houston, Texas, USA. Her research focuses on multi-functional flood defenses, transdisciplinary knowledge integration, and stakeholder inclusive design of structures and strategies for flood resilience. She manages multidisciplinary research projects on delta design and is coordinator for the Houston Galveston Bay case for TU Delft. She is editor of the publications 'Delft Delta Design - Houston Galveston Bay Region, Texas, USA'; 'Sustainable and Integrated Design of Multifunctional Flood Defenses'; and 'Delta Interventions'.

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