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

• Autore: Jha Abhas Kumar <1966->
• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2012
• Descrizione fisica: pages cm
• Disciplina: 363.34/932
• Soggetto topico: Floods; Cities and towns; Flood control; Risk management
• Altri autori: BlochRobin LamondJessica
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Cities and flooding
• ISBN: 1-283-49194-X; 9786613491947; 0-8213-9477-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790008303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: World Bank e-Library.