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1. Coastal Flood Risk Reduction Program 2. Setting the Stage -Tulips and Tacos 3. Storm Surge Modeling in the Gulf of Mexico and Houston-Galveston Region 4. Modeling movement of water and sand (sediment transport) in coastal environments 5. Inland (pluvial) and urban flood prediction 6. Using machine learning to predict flood hazards based on previous losses 7. Compound flooding 8. Cost/benefit analysis to calculate residential and industrial impacts in TX 9. The Role of Insurance in Facilitating Economic Recovery from Floods 10. Behavioral insights into the causes of underinsurance against flood risks: Experimental evidence from the Netherlands 11. Calculating economic risk, safety standards and decision making 12. Infrastructure impacts and vulnerability to coastal flood events 13. Understanding the impacts of development patterns and the built environment on flood loss 14. Plan evaluation for flood resilient communities: The Plan Integration for Resilience Scorecard 15. Dreaming about Houston and Rotterdam beyond oil and ship channel 16. A new nature-based approach for flood proofing the Metropolitan Region Amsterdam 17. Green Infrastructure-based Design in Texas Coastal Communities 18. Integrated urban design in the U.S.A. and the Netherlands 19. Flood risk reduction for Galveston Bay: preliminary design of a coastal barrier 20. Design, maintain and operate movable storm surge barriers for flood risk reduction 21. Designing and implementing coastal dunes for flood risk reduction 22. Evaluating the Economic Benefits of Proactive Property Acquisition in Coastal Communities. Case of the Houston- Galveston Region 23. Wetlands as an Ecological Function for Flood Reduction 24. Designing and building Flood-proof houses 25. Risk Communication Tools: Bridging the gap between knowledge and action for flood risk reduction. 26. How to design a successful international integrative research and education program 27. The effects of place-and-problem-based research education: the student survey 28. A specific cross-disciplinary Building with Nature workshop-model to teach a multi-perspective problem approach for integrated design 29. Flood risk assessment of storage tanks in the Port of Rotterdam - a multi-faceted learning experience 30. Detailing experiences on place-based learning and research outcomes from a student perspective. 31. Conclusions and synthesis

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    Publisher: Elsevier Science
    Publication Date: 4/29/2022 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780323852517, 978-0323852517
    ISBN10: 0323852513
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    Book Synopsis


    Table of Contents
    1. Coastal Flood Risk Reduction Program 2. Setting the Stage -Tulips and Tacos 3. Storm Surge Modeling in the Gulf of Mexico and Houston-Galveston Region 4. Modeling movement of water and sand (sediment transport) in coastal environments 5. Inland (pluvial) and urban flood prediction 6. Using machine learning to predict flood hazards based on previous losses 7. Compound flooding 8. Cost/benefit analysis to calculate residential and industrial impacts in TX 9. The Role of Insurance in Facilitating Economic Recovery from Floods 10. Behavioral insights into the causes of underinsurance against flood risks: Experimental evidence from the Netherlands 11. Calculating economic risk, safety standards and decision making 12. Infrastructure impacts and vulnerability to coastal flood events 13. Understanding the impacts of development patterns and the built environment on flood loss 14. Plan evaluation for flood resilient communities: The Plan Integration for Resilience Scorecard 15. Dreaming about Houston and Rotterdam beyond oil and ship channel 16. A new nature-based approach for flood proofing the Metropolitan Region Amsterdam 17. Green Infrastructure-based Design in Texas Coastal Communities 18. Integrated urban design in the U.S.A. and the Netherlands 19. Flood risk reduction for Galveston Bay: preliminary design of a coastal barrier 20. Design, maintain and operate movable storm surge barriers for flood risk reduction 21. Designing and implementing coastal dunes for flood risk reduction 22. Evaluating the Economic Benefits of Proactive Property Acquisition in Coastal Communities. Case of the Houston- Galveston Region 23. Wetlands as an Ecological Function for Flood Reduction 24. Designing and building Flood-proof houses 25. Risk Communication Tools: Bridging the gap between knowledge and action for flood risk reduction. 26. How to design a successful international integrative research and education program 27. The effects of place-and-problem-based research education: the student survey 28. A specific cross-disciplinary Building with Nature workshop-model to teach a multi-perspective problem approach for integrated design 29. Flood risk assessment of storage tanks in the Port of Rotterdam - a multi-faceted learning experience 30. Detailing experiences on place-based learning and research outcomes from a student perspective. 31. Conclusions and synthesis

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