Modelling coastal vulnerability : design and evaluation of a vulnerability model for tropical storms and floods / door Marcel Marchand.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marchand, M. (Marcel)

Series:

Deltares select series ; v. 5.

Deltares select series, 1877-5608 ; 05

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coast changes--Mathematical models.

Coast changes.

Coastal zone management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (260 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Modeling coastal vulnerability

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : IOS Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Models that explore vulnerability under various planned and unplanned conditions hardly exist. This title focuses on the vulnerability of societies in low lying coastal and deltaic environments to tropical cyclonic storms and floods.

Contents:

Title page; Preface; Contents; Summary; Samenvatting; Introduction; Coastal hazards, damage and human suffering; Coastal vulnerability and disaster management; The need for new knowledge and tools; The differential nature of vulnerability; Research objective; Research questions; The research strategy; Structure of the thesis; Part 1: Describing the Experience; Design and application of an Expert Decision Support System (EDSS) for coastal Andhra Pradesh; Part 2: Literature Study; Defining vulnerability; Choices in integrated modelling; Policy Analysis: linking context with content

Part 3: Evaluation of the modelDissecting the Andhra Pradesh Experience; Test case Red River Delta, Vietnam; Synthesis of the model evaluation; Conclusions and discussion; References; Appendix 1: List of participants in the Expert Panel; Appendix 2: Documentation list of the Andhra Pradesh ICZM study; Appendix 3: List of input files for the EDSS Godavari Delta Application; Acknowledgements; Curriculum Vitae

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

6612600977

1-282-60097-4

9786612600975

1-60750-521-5

OCLC:

591152277