Cities and flooding : a guide to integrated urban flood risk management for the 21st century /

Urban flooding is a significant challenge which today increasingly confronts the residents of the expanding cities and towns of developing countries, as well as policymakers and national, regional and local government officials. The Global Handbook presents the state-of-the art in urban flood risk m...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jha, Abhas Kumar, 1966-
Otros Autores: Bloch, Robin, Lamond, Jessica
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, ©2012.
Colección:World Bank e-Library.
Temas:
Floods.
Cities and towns.
Flood control.
Risk management.
Cities
Risk Management
Inondations.
Villes.
Inondations > Maîtrise.
Gestion du risque.
floods (natural events)
cities.
flood control.
risk management.
NATURE > Natural Disasters.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disasters & Disaster Relief.
Cities and towns
Flood control
Floods
Risk management
Handbook
handbooks.
Handbooks and manuals
Handbooks and manuals.
Guides et manuels.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgements
  • About the authors
  • How to use the guide
  • A summary for policy makers
  • Understanding flood hazard
  • Understanding flood impacts
  • Integrated flood risk management : structural measures
  • Integrated flood risk management : non-structural measures
  • Evaluating alternative flood risk management options : tools for decision makers
  • Implementing integrated flood risk management
  • Conclusion: promoting integrated urban flood risk management
  • Abbreviations 6
  • Glossary.

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