Flood Risk Management - Global Case Studies of Governance, Policy and Communities (Hardcover)

Our changing climate and more extreme weather events have dramatically increased the number and severity of floods across the world. Demonstrating the diversity of global flood risk management (FRM), this volume covers a range of topics including planning and policy, risk governance and communication, forecasting and warning, and economics. Through short case studies, the range of international examples from North America, Europe, Asia and Africa provide analysis of FRM efforts, processes and issues from human, governance and policy implementation perspectives. Written by an international set of authors, this collection of chapters and case studies will allow the reader to see how floods and flood risk management is experienced in different regions of the world. The way in which institutions manage flood risk is discussed, introducing the notions of realities and social constructions when it comes to risk management. The book will be of great interest to students and professionals of flood, coastal, river and natural hazard management, as well as risk analysis and insurance, demonstrating multiple academic frameworks of analysis and their utility and drawbacks when applied to real-life FRM contexts.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Earthscan Water Text
Release date:	February 2019
First published:	2019
Editors:	Edmund C.Penning- Rowsell • Matilda Becker
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	210
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-54190-0
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental impact of natural disasters & phenomena Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Pollution & threats to the environment > Global warming Books > Professional & Technical > Civil engineering, surveying & building > Hydraulic engineering > Flood control
LSN:	1-138-54190-7
Barcode:	9781138541900

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