Flood hazard management : British and international perspectives

CONTENTS FOREWORD E C Penning-Rowsell vii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS viii SECTION I INTRODUCTION: THE BRITISH URBAN FLOOD HAZARD 1 1 OBJECTIVES AND ORGANISATION J W Handmer 3 2 THE FLOOD PROBLEM IN PERSPECTIVE J W Handmer 9 Appendix: Flood risk data forms 32 SECTION II FLOOD RELATED INSTITUTIONS AND POLICY IN BRITAIN 33 3 THE INSTITUTIONAL AND POLICY CONTEXT D J Parker 35 4 URBAN FLOOD PROBLEMS: THEIR SCALE AND THE POLICY RESPONSE I R Whittle 53 5 THE POWER BEHIND THE FLOOD SCENE E C Penning-Rowsell 61 INSTITUTIONS AND POLICY IN ENGLAND AND WALES: SECTION SUMMARY J W Handmer 75 SECTION III IMPLEMENTATION OF LAND USE POLICY: LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE 79 6 DEVELOPMENT CONTROL PROCEDURES IN ENGLAND AND WALES A R Burch 81 Appendix: Circular 17/82 94 7 CONFLICTING OBJECTIVES IN FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT: FLOOD DAMAGE REDUCTION VERSUS HERITAGE PRESERVATION B Mitchell 99 Appendix: A note on floodplain acquisition in Britian J W Handmer 112 8 FLOOD INSURANCE AND FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT N W Arnell 117 9 DESIGN STANDARDS FOR BUILDING IN FLOOD HAZARD AREAS J A Kusler 135 10 FLOOD LOSS REDUCTION BY METROPOLITAN REGIONAL AUTHORITIES IN THE USA R H Platt 143 Appendix: A note on the relevance of US experience in Britain N W Arnell 160 IMPLEMENTATION OF BUILDING AND LAND USE POLICY: SECTION SUMMARY J W Handmer 163 SECTION IV HAZARD RESPONSE WITH SHORT LEAD TIMES 167 11 FLOOD WARNING DISSEMINATION: THE BRITISH EXPERIENCE D J Parker 169 Appendix: Draft policy statement from Severn- Trent Water Authority 185 12 WARNING DISSEMINATION AND RESPONSE WITH SHORT LEAD TIMES E Gruntfest 191 Appendix: Sample flash-flood warning message 202 HAZARD RESPONSE WITH SHORT LEAD TIMES: SECTION SUMMARY J W Handmer 203 SECTION V PROJECT APPRAISAL AND RISK ASSESSMENT 207 13 FLOODPLAIN MAPPING AND BEYOND: A STATE PERSPECTIVE M M Whilden 209 14 SOCIAL CHOICE AND BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS C H Green 219 15 ASSESSING THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF FLOODS P J Emery 245 16 PROJECT APPRAISAL, RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT: THE BAVARIAN EXPERIENCE R Schmidtke 263 Appendix: A Bavarian pilot project PROJECT APPRAISAL AND RISK ASSESSMENT: SECTION SUMMARY J W Handmer 279 SECTION VI CONCLUSION 285 17 OVERVIEW: LESSONS FOR BRITAIN J W Handmer & E C Penning-Rowsell 287 LIST OF WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS