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「脆弱性(Vulnerability)」とは何か

THE FIFTH DISCIPLINE The Art & Practice of the Learning Organization

Cet article analyse les relations conceptuelles (imprecises) de la vulnerabilite, de la resilience et de la capacite d’adaptation aux changements climatiques selon le systeme socio-ecologique (socio-ecologigal systems – SES) afin de comprendre et anticiper le comportement des composantes sociales et ecologiques du systeme. Une serie de questions est proposee par l’auteur sur la specification de ces termes afin de developper une structure conceptuelle qui inclut les dimensions naturelles et so...

Linkages between vulnerability, resilience, and adaptive capacity

Integrated water resources management is a conceptual framework that is meant to describe the complexity of water decisions and the importance of balancing stakeholder viewpoints. Implementation is difficult because of institutional barriers and because of definitional confusion over the precise meaning of IWRM. Improved governance is required to overcome institutional barriers. Specific and unambiguous language may reduce confusion, but it may oversimplify the complexity. The present paper offers a brief definition of integrated water resources management and a list of seven elements for integration. Brief examples are then given from different countries in order to illustrate each of these elements. Coordination across geographic areas is recognized as a special challenge of integration and emerging efforts toward integration in some countries will bear close scrutiny to measure their success. Regardless of the ultimate success in promoting the concept of integrated water resources management, it commun...

Integrated water resources management: balancing views and improving practice

Part I: Water Management Principles: Management in the Water Industry.Hydrology and the Water Environment.Water Infrastructure and Systems.Planning and Decision-Making Processes.Systems Analysis, Models, and Decision Support Systems.Water and Environmental Law, Regulation, and Administration.Financial Planning and Management.Water Industry Structure.A Comprehensive Framework for Water Management.Part II: Problemsheds of Water Management: Case Studies.Water Supply and Environment: Denver Water's Two Forks Project.Flood Control, Floodplain Management, and Stormwater Management.Planning and Managing Water Infrastructure.Reservoir Operations and Management.Water Quality Management and Nonpoint Source Control.Water Administration: Allocation, Control, Transfers, and Compacts.Watersheds and Riverine Systems.Water Use Conservation and Efficiency.Groundwater Management.River Basin Planning and Coordination.Drought and Water Supply Management.Regionalization in Water Management.Water Management in Estuaries and Coastal Waters.Organization of Water Agencies.Water Management in the Western United States.Water Supply and Sanitation in Developing Countries.

Water Resources Management: Principles, Regulations, and Cases

Infrastructure Management and Engineering Infrastructure Systems Planning Infrastructure Systems Organization, Communication, and Decision Support Systems The Budget Process for Managing Infrastructure Financial Management for Infrastructure Public-Private Cooperation and Privatization Project Engineering and Management Operation and Maintenance Strategies Management and Leadership in Infrastructure Future Issues in Infrastructure Management Appendices.

Infrastructure engineering and management

With implementation of the Flood Insurance Act of 1968 many additional local flood protection projects are being considered. Consulting engineers and local agencies need consistent methods to estimate flood damage in order to perform feasibility studies. Federal agencies have a great deal of data and long experience in making damage estimates but no comprehensive guides are available at the local level. Curves of flood damages to different residential structure types are presented. The relationships in use by the U. S. Federal Insurance Administration are shown to be reasonable and are recommended for use as approximate guides. Additional research is recommended and discussion of the paper is invited in order to make additional data available in the literature.

State‐of‐the‐art of estimating flood damage in urban areas

Competition for use of water is increasing and leads to many conflicts among competing interests with complex goals and water management systems. Technical system models are essential to create performance and other decision information, but models to simulate views of the competing parties are also needed to help resolve or mitigate conflicts. Agent-based models (ABMs) offer promise to fill this role, and in this study a new approach to agent-based modeling is introduced to simulate the behavior and interactions of the parties participating in a conflict scenario, which is modeled as a game. To develop this framework, we considered water issues of California's Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta region as an example of a long-standing situation, with emphasis on the San Joaquin watershed. However, this approach can be used in other watersheds and more complex systems. The ABM explains the interactions among the parties and how they can be encouraged to cooperate in the game to work toward a solution. The model also enables decision-makers to test management scenarios and understand the consequences of their decisions on different stakeholders and their behaviors.

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Neil S. Grigg

Papers

Integrated water resources management: balancing views and improving practice

Water Resources Management: Principles, Regulations, and Cases

Infrastructure engineering and management

State‐of‐the‐art of estimating flood damage in urban areas

A Framework for an Agent-Based Model to Manage Water Resources Conflicts