Using risk analysis for flood protection assessment

• Main Authors: Zeleňáková, Martina (Author), Zvijáková, Lenka (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Environmental impact analysis.; Flood damage prevention.; Floods > Risk assessment.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319521503; 9783319521497
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

This book explores the benefits of using risk analysis techniques in the evaluation of flood protection structures, and examines the results of the environmental impact assessment for selected planned flood protection projects. The objective of the book is to propose a methodology for environmental...

Table of Contents:

• Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Abbreviations; 1 Environmental Impact Assessment-State of the Art; 1.1 Environmental Impact Assessment; 1.1.1 Origins and Development of EIA; 1.1.2 The State of Environmental Impact Assessment; 1.1.2.1 Theory and EIA; 1.1.2.2 The Practice of EIA; 1.1.2.3 EIA Effectiveness; 1.1.3 Strengths, Weaknesses, Threats and Opportunities of EIA; 1.1.4 EIA Methods; 1.1.4.1 Types of Methods; 1.1.4.2 Impact and Manners (Methods and Process) of Its Assessment; Prediction of Potential Impact on the Environment; Predictive Methods in EIA; 1.1.5 EIA in Slovakia.
• 1.1.5.1 Analysis and Evaluation of the Survey in Slovakia1.2 Risk Analysis; 1.2.1 Historical Background; 1.2.2 The Importance of Risk Analysis; 1.2.3 Definition of Risk Analysis; 1.2.4 Risk-Analysis Methods; 1.2.5 Parts of Risk Analysis; 1.2.6 The Uses of Risk Analysis and Assessment; 1.3 Risk Analysis and Assessment Within Environmental Impact Assessment; 1.3.1 Background to EIA and RA; 1.3.2 Similarities Between Environmental Risk Assessment and Environmental Impact Assessment; 1.3.3 Existing Approaches to Integrating RA into EIA; 1.4 Summary and Implications; References.
• 2 Risk Analysis in Impact Assessment2.1 Methodology and Research Design; 2.1.1 Methodology; 2.1.2 Research Design; 2.2 Establishing the Context; 2.2.1 Characteristics of the Current State of the Environment in the Affected Area; 2.2.2 Explanation of the Reasons Why the Proposed Activity Is Required in the Locality; 2.2.3 Brief Description of Alternatives to the Proposed Activity Aj (A0, AI, AII); 2.3 Risk Analysis; 2.3.1 Creation a Set of Risk Factors (A-Z); 2.3.2 Determine the Relative Importance (Weight) of the Risk Factors (wi); 2.3.3 Creation of Risk Criteria for Risk Factors.
• 2.3.4 Determination Score of Criterion (0.2-1.0)2.4 Decision-Making; 2.4.1 Comparison of Alternatives of the Proposed Activity and the Proposal of the Optimal Alternative; 2.4.1.1 Multiparametric Determination of the Risk rj for Each Alternative of the Proposed Activity; 2.4.1.2 Assessing the Level of Risk of the Proposed Activity for the Environment; 2.4.1.3 Selection of the Optimal Alternative or Setting of the Order of Suitability for the Assessed Alternatives; 2.4.1.4 Reasoning of the Proposal of the Optimal Alternative.
• 2.4.2 Proposed Measures for the Prevention, Elimination, Minimization, and Compensation of Impacts on the Environment and HealthReferences; 3 Case Study-Flood-Protection Measures at Kružlov, North-Eastern Slovakia; 3.1 Basic Data About the Nature and Localization of the Proposed Activity; 3.2 Establishing the Context; 3.2.1 Characteristics of the Current State of the Environment in the Affected Area; 3.2.2 Explanation of the Reasons Why the Proposed Activity is Required in the Locality; 3.2.3 Brief Description of Alternatives of the Proposed Activity Aj (A0, AI, AII); 3.3 Risk Analysis.