Flood Risk and Social Justice: From Quantitative to Qualitative Flood Risk Assessment and Mitigation

Abstract

Table of contents: Foreword by Prof J. Philip O'Kane Foreword by Prof Jean A. Cunge Introduction The Nature of Urban Flood Risk Urban areas and flooding, Tracing the roots of urban flood risk, The nature of risk, Adding Social and Ethical Aspects into Flood Risk Mitigation The technocratic way of thinking, Historical perspectives of social justice, Characterisations of social justice, Realising social justice in the context of flood risk mitigation, Leadership and social justice, On sociotechnology, Data-Information-Knowledge-Understanding-Wisdom, The role of hydroinformatics in active stakeholder participation, Scientific and Technical Aspects of Flooding Floods and drainage systems, Quantifying urban processes, Data collection for modelling, Rainfall data analysis and catchment delineation, Modelling wet weather and dry weather flows, Hydraulic modelling, Numerical solutions of equations, Modelling practice, Practical Aspects of Flood Risk Assessment and Mitigation Flood risk assessment, Flood mitigation measures, Production of plans