Design for Flooding
Architecture, Landscape, and Urban Design for Resilience to Climate Change
Published on 25. October 2010
320 pages
978-0-470-89000-4 (ISBN)
Description
"Design for Flooding contains considerable usefulinformation for practitioners and students. Watson and Adams fillthe void for new thinking...and they advance our ability tocreate more sustainable, regenerative, and resilient places."--Landscape Architecture Magazine
More details
Other editions
Additional editions
Software
01/2012
Wiley
€133.74
Shipment within 15-20 days
Donald Watson | Michele Adams
Design for Flooding
Architecture, Landscape, and Urban Design for Resilience to Climate Change
Book
12/2010
Wiley
€87.90
Shipment within 10-20 days
Persons
Donald Watson, FAIA, an architect and planner, is formerchair of the Yale School of Architecture Environmental DesignProgram, and former professor and dean of the School ofArchitecture, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He received the2002 ACSA Distinguished Professor Award and the 2005 AARC HaeckerLeadership Award for Architectural Research. His publicationsinclude Climatic Building Design, winner in the Architectureand Urban Planning category of the American Publishers Award forProfessional and Scholarly Excellence.
Michele Adams, P.E., a water resources engineer, isprincipal and founder of Meliora Environmental Design in Kimberton,Pennsylvania. Her work encompasses environmentally sensitive sitedesign and sustainable water resources engineering.
Content
Preface and Acknowledgments.
Foreword (Carol Franklin, RLA, FASLA)
Foreword (Daniel E. Williams, FAIA).
Introduction.
PART I: NATURE OF WATER.
Chapter 1: Weather.
1.1 Sun and Earth.
1.2 The Atmosphere.
1.3 Weather.
Chapter 2: Land and Water.
2.1 Water and Carbon Cycles.
2.2 Biodiversity and the Landscape.
2.3 Follow the Water: The Opportunity for WatershedPlanning.
Chapter 3: Flooding.
3.1 Flooding from Increased Precipitation.
3.2 Flooding from Severe Storms.
3.3 Economic and Social Costs of Water-Related NaturalDisasters.
PART II: DESIGN WITH WATER.
Chapter 4: The Natural Landscape.
4.1 Understanding the Natural Water Balance.
4.2 When the Water Balance Is Altered.
4.3 Soils and Vegetation.
4.4 Subsurface Water Movement.
4.5 Stream Systems, Wetlands, Riparian Zones, andFloodplains.
Chapter 5: The Altered Landscape.
5.1 When the Landscape Is Altered.
5.2 Altered Stream Systems and Increased Flood Damage.
5.3 Why Detention Does Not Solve Flooding.
5.4 Summary: The Natural Landscape as a Model for ResilientDesign.
Chapter 6: Design for Inland Flooding.
6.1 Resilient Design for Inland Flooding.
6.2 Tools for Watershed Protection.
6.3 Communities and Buildings in Floodplains.
PART III: FLOOD-RESISTANT DESIGN.
Chapter 7: Flood Design Analysis.
7.1 Definition of Terms.
7.2 Flood Elevation: Base Flood and Design Flood.
Chapter 8: The Coast.
8.1 Coastal Processes.
8.2 Shoreline Protection.
8.3 Flood Barriers and Floodgates.
8.4 Summary of Coastal Protection Measures.
Chapter 9: Flood Design Practices for Buildings.
9.1 Overview of Flood Design.
9.2 Flood Design at the Building Scale.
PART IV: DESIGN FOR RESILIENCE.
Chapter 10: Flood-Resistant Design for Sites andCommunities.
10.1 Coastal Communities.
10.2 Comprehensive Planning for Resilient Communities.
10.3 Local Actions to Build Community Resilience.
Chapter 11: Sea Level Rise.
11.1 Sea Level Rise: The Issues.
11.2 Sea Level Rise: Design Responses.
Chapter 12: Design for Resilience.
12.1 The Wave of the Future.
12.2 Models for National and International Action.
12.3 Design Resolution.
Epilogue.
Glossary.
Index.
