2012年水灾外文翻译--城市洪水灾害管理

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1、2700 英文单词 ， 15500 英文字符 ，中文 4800 字 文献出处： Tingsanchali T. Urban flood disaster managementJ. Procedia Engineering, 2012, 32(3):25-37. Urban flood disaster management T. Tingsanchali Abstract Flood impact is one of the most significant disasters in the world. More than half of global flood damages occur

2、 in Asia. Causes of floods are due to natural factors such as heavy rainfall, high floods and high tides, etc., and human factors such as blocking of channels or aggravation of drainage channels, improper land use, deforestation in headwater regions, etc. Floods result in losses of life and damage p

3、roperties. Population increase results in more urbanization, more impervious area and less infiltration and greater flood peak and runoff. Problems become more critical due to more severe and frequent flooding likely caused by climate change, socio-economic damage, population affected, public outcry

4、 and limited funds. Flood loss prevention and mitigation includes structural flood control measures such as construction of dams or river dikes and non-structural measures such as flood forecasting and warning, flood hazard and risk management, public participation and institutional arrangement, etc

5、. This paper describes concepts, policy, plan and operation on integrated urban flood disaster and risk management. In most developing countries, flood disaster management activities are handled by government. Participation of non- governmental agencies and private sectors are very limited. Activiti

6、es are exercised rather independently without proper coordination or integration. Flood disaster management in developing countries is mostly reactive responding to prevailing disaster situations (emergency response and recovery). Reactive response should be changed to proactive response to increase effectiveness of management and reduce losses of life and properties. Proactive disaster management requires more participation from various governments, non-governmental and private agencies and