Cities and Flooding: A Guide to Integrated Urban Flood Risk Management for the 21st Century

By: Abhas K Jha and Robin Bloch and Jessica Lamond

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Synopsis: 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 management in a thorough and user-friendly way. It serves as a primer in integrated urban flood risk management for technical specialists, decision-makers and other concerned stakeholders in the private and community sectors. It covers the causes, probability and impacts of floods; the measures that can be used to manage flood risk, balancing structural and non-structural solutions in an integrated fashion; and the means by which these measures can be financed and implemented, and their progress monitored and evaluated. The Handbook provides an operational guide on how most effectively to manage the risk of floods in rapidly urbanizing settings – and within the context of a changing climate.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9780821394779
Publisher:: The World Bank
Date of Addition:: 02/21/12
Copyrighted By:: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / International Development Association or The World Bank
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Business and Finance
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.