Meet the editor

Dr. Huang is a Professor at Sophia University, Japan and currently serves as the Director of Sophia's Institute for the Studies of the Global Environment. He received his BSc from Fudan University, China; his Master's and Ph.D. from the University of Tokyo. His career includes Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, the University of Tokyo; Associate Professor at Kanazawa University; Professor at National Grad-

uate Institute for Policy Studies. Passionate about water, his study evolved from fluid dynamics to water quality modeling and to integrated watershed science and management. In recent years, his main research focus is sustainability science from the water perspective such as wetland conservation and wise use, flood vulnerability and resilience analysis in relation to watershed planning. He has published more than 80 peer-reviewed papers in various academic journals including Natural Hazards, Hydrobiologia, Sustainability, Water, Journal of Environmental Informatics and International Journal of River Basin Management.

Contents

**Section 1**

Systems (FEWSs)

*and Mohamed Rasmy*

of Hyderabad, India

*by Vikas Sehra and Milap Punia*

*Mileta Arakelian and Sergei Arakelian*

*by Ugonna C. Nkwunonwo*

and Resilience Building

**Section 2**

Enhanced Flood-Related Resilience in Nigeria

*by Guangwei Huang and Juan Fan*

**Preface XI**

Conceptualization of Resilience **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 19**

**Chapter 3 37**

**Chapter 4 53**

**Chapter 5 87**

Practices for Resilience Building and Enhancement **103**

**Chapter 6 105**

Move from Resilience Conceptualization to Resilience Enhancement

*by Duminda Perera, Ousmane Seidou, Jetal Agnihotri, Hamid Mehmood* 

Challenges and Technical Advances in Flood Early Warning

Overcoming Barriers to Urban Flood Resilience: A Case

Balance (Surface Water and Groundwater Contribution)

Keeping Feet Dry: Rotterdam's Experience in Flood Risk

Global and Regional Aspects for Genesis of Catastrophic Floods: The Problems of Forecasting and Estimation for Mass and Water

*by Tatiana Trifonova, Dmitriy Trifonov, Dmitry Bukharov, Sergei Abrakhin,* 

Current Issues in Early Warning and Development Initiatives Towards

*by Theresa Audrey O. Esteban, Jurian Edelenbos and Naomi van Stapele*

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Preface

The recent decades have seen a significant increase in the number of large-scale water-related disasters that have caused considerable impacts on our life and

Flood disasters pose both direct impacts (e.g. loss of life, damage to buildings, crops and infrastructure) and indirect impacts (e.g. disruption of livelihood, losses in productivity, and human health impacts such as heightened anxiety, anger, and depression). They also cause both short-term impacts (e.g. infectious diseases outbreaks, disruptions in business operations) and long-term impacts (e.g. psychological consequences for victims, fatal injury, permanent shutdown of businesses, population decline). Furthermore, these impacts are associated with various spatial scales, which may render flood impact assessment

Although various efforts have been made so far to mitigate the impacts of flood disasters, leading to significant reductions in flood fatalities, the economic cost of flood disasters has been skyrocketing and we are still at the mercy of nature in the sense that we are not successful at mitigating the pattern of heavy storms causing large-scale disasters and resulting in profound consequences. The countless repeat of disaster-reconstruction-disaster again signifies that conventional prevention and reconstruction approaches have come to their limit. A regime shift in flood management through innovation is critical and indispensable for

It is now well agreed that innovation for better flood management is resilience building and enhancement. The resilience strategy is much more than resistance and is more about how to survive a large-scale disaster and make a comeback in even better shape. Resistance may be broken if the force is too large. However, resilience can cope with unprecedented events by adaption and evolution. It also provides a significant incentive for governments to focus more attention on non-

This book is mainly intended to deepen the understanding of the resilience concept and disseminate information related to the latest developments in resilience build-

Meeting the challenges associated with water-related disasters today requires intellectual commitment towards knowledge fusion because the causes of flood disasters have become ever more complicated and diversified due to human activities. Despite achievements through previous efforts, scaling these up or transforming them into practice to meet current and future needs remains a central challenge.

society.

ineffectual.

forging a better tomorrow.

structural countermeasures.

ing and enhancement for impact mitigation.
