impacts and responses for the built environment Lamond, Jessica text flu Boca Raton CRC Press 2012 monographic eng

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xv, 371 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. "Preface As recent flooding events show worldwide, the impact of flooding on the built environment can cause widespread chaos. These flood event forms part of a wider pattern of increasing flood frequency coupled with increased vulnerability of the built environment to flood hazard. Arguably, in the developed world, there exists the technology to handle the vast majority of flood events either through built in resilience, prevention of small scale regular flooding or through prediction and evacuation during large scale disasters. However, events in the UK in summer 2007 and 2009 have revealed that, while agencies are well prepared and briefed for the majority of circumstances, flood victims remain unconvinced that the best actions have been taken. The debate around the role of government, insurer, property professional, NGO, coastal engineer and flood victim has been played out in the media. The idea for this book stemmed from the synergy developed within the EPSRC funded international network of experts in flood repair (www.floodrepair.net) which is led by the University of Wolverhampton. This unique network of academics, property stakeholders and restoration specialists together with the involvement of international experts provided a forum for exchange of ideas which has proved highly valuable. It emerged that flood management is constantly evolving and valuable experience has been gained in the emergency management, recovery and restoration processes in recent years. Some of this experience has yet to be captured in the literature. The aim of this book is to disseminate these discussions to a wider audience. Practitioners, researchers, restorers, insurers and policy makers discuss their perspective on the wide issues surrounding flood risk management in one unique"-- Provided by publisher Impacts, preparedness and emergency response -- Recovery, repair and reconstruc tion -- Mitigation and adaptation to flood risk -- The community perspective specialized edited by Jessica Lamond ... [et al.] Includes bibliographical references and index Flood control Emergency management 9781439826256 1439826250 UMP 111210 20251125093047.0 vtls000056857