Part I: Introduction -- Nature-based solutions in flood risk management -- Nature-based solutions & issues of scale -- Part II: small scale property solutions -- Small retention programme in the Polish forests -- Privately funded natural water retention measures in the Czech Republic -- Experimenting with re-parcelling by means of land swop -- Part III: Medium sized infrastructure solutions -- …
Introduction -- Hazards, Disasters and Risks -- Regional Disaster System -- Disaster Formation Process -- Disaster Measurement、Statistics and Assessment -- Disaster Risk Assessment -- Disaster Risk Map -- Disaster Risk Regionalization -- Disaster Risk Management -- Disaster Emergency Management and Response -- Integrated Disaster Risk Governance.This is the first English language book to syst…
Section 1 - Chapters -- Impacting Bodies and Post-Impact Modification Processes on Earth -- Cosmic Impacts: a Planetary Surfaces Modification Process -- Impact Crater -- The Planet Earth: a Review of the Influence of Cratering on the Geological Evolution of our Planet -- Observation from Space: SAR Systems -- Observation from Space: OPTICAL Systems -- Section 2 - Terrestrial Impact Craters List…
Introduction -- Overview of Meteorological Ensemble Forecasting -- Post-processing of Meteorological Ensemble Forecasting for Hydrological Applications -- Hydrological Models -- Model Parameter Estimation and Uncertainty Analysis -- Observation and data assimilation -- Post-processing of Hydrological Ensemble Forecasts -- Verification of Hydrometeorological Ensemble Forecasts -- Communication a…
Introduction -- Basic Concepts of WebGIS -- Disaster Management Concepts -- Evolution of the Applications of GIS Technology for Disaster Management -- Earthquakes Applications -- Flood Modeling and Prediction Applications -- Infrastructure Modeling Applications -- Urban Emergency Management Scenarios -- Pandemics and Health Monitoring Applications -- Decision-making Constraints using WebGIS for…
Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The course floods in the study areas and their consequences -- Chapter 3. Changeability of the spatial image of flood over time -- Chapter 4. Social vulnerability as a factor in flood preparedness -- Chapter 5. Online flood risk communication -- Chapter 6. Planning documents as a source of information about flood risk -- Chapter 7. Discussion and conclusion…
Gully erosion modeling using GIS-based data mining techniques in Northern Iran; a comparison between boosted regression tree and multivariate adaptive regression spline -- Concepts for Improving Machine Learning Based Landslide Assessment -- Multi-hazard assessment modeling using multi-criteria analysis and GIS: a case study -- Assessment of the contribution of geo-environmental factors to floo…
Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Flood Impact on Buildings -- Chapter 3. Flood Impact on Human Beings Stability -- Chapter 4. Flood Impact on Mobilizable Objects -- Chapter 5. Global Criteria for Impact Estimation -- Chapter 6. Hydrodynamic Criteria for Impact Evaluation -- Chapter 7. Flood Proofing Methods -- Chapter 8. Temporary flood proofing techniques planning -- Chapter 9. Temporary …
- Defining Urban Water Insecurity: Concepts and Relevance -- Water Insecurity in Asian Cities -- Climate Change: Implication on Urban Drought -- Developing Water Security Index for Urban Areas -- Water Energy Food Nexus: A Provision to Tackle Urban Drought -- Coping with Scarcity and Urban Water Governance: Case of Udon Thani’s City Region -- Bridging the Distances between Far Water and Near …
Geoinformatics & Applications -- Land Use Land Cover Mapping & Urban Form Assessment -- Lidar Drone and Emerging Technologies Applications -- Rock Formations & Soil Lithology Mapping -- Vegetation Mapping impact Assessment -- Natural Hazards Monitoring & Mapping -- Ground Water Mapping & Assessment -- Coastal Management & Marine Environement -- Atmospheric Sensing.This edited volume is based on…