Flood risk and social justice : from quantitative to qualitative flood risk assessment and mitigation /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vojinović, Zoran
Other Authors: Abbott, Michael B.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : IWA Publishing, 2012.
Series:Urban hydroinformatics series.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. Urban areas and flooding
  • Ch. 2. Tracing the roots of urban flood risk
  • Ch. 3. The nature of risk
  • Ch. 4. The technocratic way of thinking
  • Ch. 5. Historical perspectives of social justice
  • Ch. 6. Characterisations of social justice
  • Ch. 7. Realising social justice in the context of flood risk mitigation
  • Ch. 8. Leadership and social justice
  • Ch. 9. On sociotechnology
  • Ch. 10. Data - information - knowledge - understanding - wisdom
  • Ch. 11. The role hydroinformatics in active stakeholder participation
  • Ch. 12. Floods and drainage systems
  • Ch. 13. Quantifying urban processes
  • Ch. 14. Data collection for modelling
  • Ch. 15. Rainfall data analysis and catchment delineation
  • Ch. 16. Modelling wet weather and dry weather flows
  • Ch. 17. Hydraulic modelling
  • Ch. 18. Numerical solutions of equations
  • Ch. 19. Modelling practice
  • Ch. 20. Flood risk assessment
  • Ch. 21. Flood mitigation measures
  • Ch. 22. Production of plans
  • Ch. 23. Case studies.