Essays about: "flood control and prevention"

Found 3 essays containing the words flood control and prevention.

  1. 1. A valuation of ecosystem services from blue-green infrastructure for stormwater management

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Sofia Anderzon; [2021]
    Keywords : Stormwater; blue-green infrastructure; urban ecosystem services; indicators; semi-quantitative valuation; Dagvatten; dagvattenhantering; blågrön infrastruktur; urbana ekosystemtjänster; indikatorer; semi-kvantitativ värdering;

    Abstract : The ongoing urbanization leads to densification and growth of cities, which replaces natural areas with hard surfaces. Precipitation is then more likely to runoff as stormwater than to be detained locally. Also, precipitation is predicted to be increasing as an effect of climate change. READ MORE

  3. 2. Guidelines for Integrated Flood Control Design in the Informal Settlements of Cape Town Municipality : A case study of Kosovo Informal Settlement in Philippi District

    University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

    Author : Erasmus Mseleku; [2021]
    Keywords : climate change; community participation; flooding; informal settlements; integrated water management systems; nature-based solutions; spatial inequality; sustainability; urban flooding;

    Abstract : Flooding over the last few years has become the most frequent and devastating of the natural disasters. This has accounted for approximately half of the death-rate and a third of economic losses as a result of weather-related events. READ MORE

  4. 3. Exploring Resilience of Water Management in Slovakia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Katarina Civanova; [2015]
    Keywords : water management; Slovakia; flood control and prevention; resilient thinking; adaptive co- management; sustainability; political ecology; human ecology; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Water resource management in Slovakia is characterized by a ‘command-and-control’ paradigm. The main feature of this approach is in a view that is based on the predictability of the future water situation. People rarely think about water as an issue in Slovakia - the rivers flow, it rains, the taps run. READ MORE