Coastal Flood Risk Reduction

The Netherlands and the U.S. Upper Texas Coast

Samuel Brody, Yoonjeong Lee, Baukje Kothuis

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN: 9780323852517
• eBook ISBN: 9780323852524
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Geology & Earth Sciences

Coastal Flood Risk Reduction: The Netherlands and the U.S. Upper Texas Coast represents the culmination of a 5-year international research and education partnership funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) and more than 10 years of collaboration between Dutch and U.S. flood experts on the basic issue of how to protect society from growing flood risks. Multiple case studies integrating the fields of engineering, hydrology, landscape architecture, economics, and planning address the underlying characteristics of physical flood risks and their prediction; human communities and the associated built environment; physical, social, and built-environment variables; and mitigation techniques. In recognition of the lack of systematic research and the growing societal need to better understand flood impacts, this edited book provides an in-depth, comparative evaluation of flood problems and solutions in two key places: the Netherlands and the U.S. Upper Texas Coast. Both regions are extremely flood-prone and have experienced continual adverse impacts throughout their histories. For researchers in flood management, geographers, hydrologists, environmental studies, and social science as well as policymakers and decision-makers in flood management authorities and related industries, this book provides an essential resource. - Introduces integrated comparative work on flood risk reduction and management across disciplines and international boundaries - Presents chapters written by dozens of experts across six U.S. and Dutch universities that have formally participated in the international research and education program funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) - Provides a basis for understanding and mitigating flood risk over a range of necessary perspectives, from modeling inputs to design solutions - Integrates cutting-edge scientific methods and state-of-the-art knowledge with examples of specific solutions and how they are being implemented in each national case study

Table of contents

• Coastal Flood Risk Reduction
• Chapter 1 Introduction to the Coastal Flood Risk Reduction Program
• Chapter 2 Mixing tulips with tacos: Flood prevention practices and policies—A comparison of north Texas coastal communities and the Netherlands
• Chapter 3 Storm surge modeling in the Gulf of Mexico and Houston-Galveston regions
• Chapter 4 Modeling the movement of water and sediment in coastal environments
• Chapter 5 Urban flood modeling: Perspectives, challenges, and opportunities
• Chapter 6 Using machine learning to predict flood hazards based on historic damage
• Chapter 7 Compound flooding
• Chapter 8 Cost-benefit analysis of a proposed coastal infrastructure for reducing storm surge-induced impact in the Upper Texas Coast
• Chapter 9 The role of insurance in facilitating economic recovery from floods
• Chapter 10 Behavioral insights into the causes of underinsurance against flood risks: Experimental evidence from the Netherlands
• Chapter 11 Assessing economic risk, safety standards, and decision-making
• Chapter 12 Infrastructure impacts and vulnerability to coastal flood events
• Chapter 13 Understanding the impacts of the built environment on flood loss
• Chapter 14 Plan evaluation for flood-resilient communities: The plan integration for resilience scorecard
• Chapter 15 Dreaming about Houston and Rotterdam beyond oil and ship channels
• Chapter 16 A new nature-based approach for floodproofing the Metropolitan Region Amsterdam
• Chapter 17 Green infrastructure-based design in Texas coastal communities
• Chapter 18 Integrated urban flood design in the United States and the Netherlands
• Chapter 19 Flood risk reduction for Galveston Bay: Preliminary design of a coastal barrier system
• Chapter 20 Design, maintain and operate movable storm surge barriers for flood risk reduction
• Chapter 21 Designing and implementing coastal dunes for flood risk reduction
• Chapter 22 A proactive approach for the acquisition of flood-prone properties in advance of flood events
• Chapter 23 Wetlands as an ecological function for flood reduction
• Chapter 24 Designing and building flood proof houses
• Chapter 25 Risk communication tools: Bridging the gap between knowledge and action for flood risk reduction
• Chapter 26 How to design a successful international integrative research and education program
• Chapter 27 Measuring the educational effects of problem- and place-based research education programs: The student survey
• Chapter 28 A specific transdisciplinary co-design workshop model to teach a multiple perspective problem approach for integrated nature-based design
• Chapter 29 Flood risk assessment of storage tanks in the Port of Rotterdam
• Chapter 30 Experiences on place-based learning and research outcomes from the perspective of a student
• Chapter 31 Conclusions
• Index