Green Infrastructure and Climate Change Adaptation

Download or read book Green Infrastructure and Climate Change Adaptation written by Futoshi Nakamura and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- References -- Part I Concept and Synthesis -- 2 Concept and Application of Green and Hybrid Infrastructure -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Conceptual Framework for Hybrid Infrastructure -- 2.3 Attenuation of Flood Peaks by Forest and Wetland Ecosystems (Examples of GI-1 in Fig. 2.4c) -- 2.4 Traditional Measures Against Large Floods (Examples of GI-2) -- 2.4.1 Discontinuous Levees -- 2.4.2 Overflow Embankment -- 2.4.3 Flood Protection Forest -- 2.5 Hybrid Infrastructure at Watershed Scale -- 2.6 Green Infrastructure Functioning as Ecological Networks -- 2.7 Important Points for Planning, Implementation, and Governance of GI -- References -- 3 An Economic Analysis of Optimal Hybrid Infrastructure: A Theoretical Approach in a Hydro-Economic Model -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Green, Gray, and Hybrid Infrastructures -- 3.2.1 Green Infrastructure -- 3.2.2 Gray Infrastructure -- 3.2.3 Hybrid Infrastructure -- 3.2.4 Ratios of Prevented Hazard by GNI and GYI -- 3.3 Optimal Hybrid Infrastructure -- 3.4 Concluding Remarks -- References -- 4 Flood Management Policy in Shiga Prefecture, Japan: Implementation Approach of a Risk-Based Flood Management System at Catchment Scale -- 4.1 Changes in Flood Risk Management in Japan -- 4.2 Flood Management Policy in Shiga Prefecture: Policy Formulation -- 4.2.1 The History of Wise Land Use and Urban Development: Hints from History -- 4.2.2 Policy Features: Process Management and Framework Design -- 4.2.3 Site Safety Level: Basic Information for Policy Decisions -- 4.2.4 Floodplain Disaster Mitigation Measures -- 4.3 Floodplain Management and Green Infrastructure -- 4.3.1 Establishing a "Floodplain Manager": Social Implementation and Points of Practice -- 4.3.2 Artificial Structures and Green Infrastructure -- 4.3.3 Green Infrastructure: The Trump Card in Floodplain Management.