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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790008303321

Autore

Jha Abhas Kumar <1966->

Titolo

Cities and flooding : : a guide to integrated urban flood risk management for the 21st century / / Abhas K. Jha, Robin Bloch, Jessica Lamond

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2012

ISBN

1-283-49194-X

9786613491947

0-8213-9477-0

Descrizione fisica

pages cm

Altri autori (Persone)

BlochRobin

LamondJessica

Disciplina

363.34/932

Soggetti

Floods

Cities and towns

Flood control

Risk management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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