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Flood Risk Management: Global Case Studies of Governance, Policy and Communities (Earthscan Water Text)
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Overview of Flood Risk Management: Global Case Studies of Governance, Policy and Communities (Earthscan Water Text) Book
| Title | Flood Risk Management: Global Case Studies of Governance, Policy and Communities (Earthscan Water Text) |
| Author | Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell, Matilda Becker |
| ISBN-13 | 9781138541917 |
| Publication | ROUTLEDGE |
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.
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Overview of Flood Risk Management: Global Case Studies of Governance, Policy and Communities (Earthscan Water Text) Book
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.
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Public Policy
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Language :
English
No. of Pages :
210 Pages
ISBN - 10 :
1138541915
ISBN - 13 :
9781138541917
Flood Risk Management: Global Case Studies of Governance, Policy and Communities (Earthscan Water Text) Published On :
6 February 2019
Publisher :
Routledge
Edition :
Reprint
About Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell, Matilda Becker:
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Overview of Flood Risk Management: Global Case Studies of Governance, Policy and Communities (Earthscan Water Text) Book
| Title | Flood Risk Management: Global Case Studies of Governance, Policy and Communities (Earthscan Water Text) |
| Author | Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell, Matilda Becker |
| ISBN-13 | 9781138541917 |
| Publication | ROUTLEDGE |
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.