LEADER 03127oam 22006735 450 001 9910790008303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-49194-X 010 $a9786613491947 010 $a0-8213-9477-0 024 7 $a10.1596/978-0-8213-8866-2 035 $a(CKB)2670000000155729 035 $a(EBL)868326 035 $a(OCoLC)779175886 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000611499 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12284310 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000611499 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10663725 035 $a(PQKB)10790078 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC868326 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL868326 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10535701 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL349194 035 $a(The World Bank)2012006230 035 $a(US-djbf)17180142 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000155729 100 $a20120224d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCities and flooding : $ea guide to integrated urban flood risk management for the 21st century /$fAbhas K. Jha, Robin Bloch, Jessica Lamond 210 1$aWashington, D.C. :$cWorld Bank,$dc2012. 215 $apages cm 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8213-8866-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aAcknowledgements -- 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. 330 $aUrban flooding is a significant challenge which today increasingly confronts the residents of the expanding cities and towns of developing countries, as well as policymakers and national, regional and local government officials. The Global Handbook presents the state-of-the art in urban flood risk management in a thorough and user-friendly way. It serves as a primer in integrated urban flood risk management for technical specialists, decision-makers and other concerned stakeholders in the private and community sectors. It covers the causes, probability and impacts of floods; the measures that 410 0$aWorld Bank e-Library. 606 $aFloods 606 $aCities and towns 606 $aFlood control$vHandbooks, manuals, etc 606 $aRisk management$vHandbooks, manuals, etc 615 0$aFloods. 615 0$aCities and towns. 615 0$aFlood control 615 0$aRisk management 676 $a363.34/932 700 $aJha$b Abhas Kumar$f1966-$01494466 701 $aBloch$b Robin$01574589 701 $aLamond$b Jessica$01574590 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790008303321 996 $aCities and flooding$93850947 997 $aUNINA