Effectiveness and applicability of flood barriers for risk mitigation in flash-flood prone Mediterranean area

The new policy of flood risk management is to give more attention to non-structural measures, allowing people to “live with floods” rather than “fight floods”. To protect existing buildings there are two main mitigation strategies: dry proofing and wet proofing. One measure of dry proofing is the sh...

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Main Authors: Rappazzo Dario, Aronica Giuseppe Tito
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2016-01-01
Series:E3S Web of Conferences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20160712010