Almost two centuries of human interventions at the Upper Rhine to adapt the river systems to led to a serious increase of the flood risk and potential damage downstream. In 1982, the two riparian countries, Germany and France, agreed to re-establish the former protection level against a once-in-200-years flood, with Germany taking most of the workload. This can be considered as the starting poi...

Abstract Flood monitoring is important to reduce the impact of disaster save lives people and animals. At present existing systems lack in providing autonomous infrastructure independent services stakeholders. Therefore, Alerting flood early gaining interest among nations worldwide prevent loss human life economic losses. To gather more sensor data for predicting floods with advanced networking...

The flood that hit Sungai Alang Village resulted in many floating net cages being lost the flood, so farmers their and caused losses for fish farmers. aims of study were to analyze: 1. economic impact cage cultivators' losses. 2. social experienced by This uses a survey method, analysis used is business descriptive. results flooding on cultivation village: impacts occur are loss cages, damage n...

Recent environmental developments have stimulated an interest in conservation and restoration of the historical Willamette River flood plain, both to protect against flooding and to provide wildlife habitat. In order to best utilize scarce resources, we characterized historical and modern river channel and flood-plain conditions to evaluate changes and help prioritize restoration sites. Using c...

Surat is a highly developed, thickly populated cosmopolitan character city with full of various activities going on day and night. Any natural calamity which causes loss of lives to property and infrastructure along with effects on industrial processes going on has serious impact on economy of the state. Therefore, it becomes highly necessary that flood events are studied and analyzed properly ...

This paper examines the characteristics that determine demand for micro-insurance when individuals have personal or observed experience with a rare weather event: the severe 2010 flooding in Pakistan. Using a sample of 384 individuals (192 in floodaffected and 192 non-affected villages matched using pre-flood propensity data), we combine post-flood survey data with behavioral experiments, to te...

Disasters in the form of coastal storms and hurricanes can be very destructive. Preparing for anticipated effects of such disasters can help reduce the public health and economic burden. Identifying vulnerable population groups can help prioritize resources for the most needed communities. This paper presents a quantitative framework for vulnerability measurement that incorporates both socioeco...

When plaintiffs prevail in a discrimination case, a major component of the calculation of economic loss is the length of time they would have been in the higher position had they been treated fairly during the period in which the employer practised discrimination. This problem is complicated by the fact that one’s eligibility for promotion is subject to termination by retirement and both the pr...

Flood cooling is primarily used to cool and lubricate the cutting tool and workpiece interface during machining process. The adverse health effects caused by the use of coolants and the potential economic advantages of greener machining methods are drawing manufacturer’s attention to adapt and develop new methods of using lubricants. Microlubrication serves as an alternative to flood cooling by...