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Strategic Management of Flood Risk offers a proven approach for flood risk management in communities internationally. This supports the practical consideration of the full range of flood behaviour in decisions that influence this risk.These decisions may relate to:

  • management activities aimed at reducing risk to the existing community
  • land use planning activities to limit the growth in risk related to new development
  • emergency management activities aimed at preparing for, responding to, and recovering from floods.

This book provides a logical framework and understanding of how flood risk to communities can be considered and managed. It discusses approaches that allow consideration of the variation of risk between and within floodplains, and across flood events of different scales. It investigates how land use planning activities that support community growth can be informed by an understanding of the variation in flood behaviour, flood

Strategic Management of Flood Risk

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      Publisher Emerald Publishing Limited
      Published 5 September 2018
      ISBN-13 9780727761378
      978-0727761378
      ISBN-10 0727761374
      Also in:
      Flood control

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Strategic Management of Flood Risk offers a proven approach for flood risk management in communities internationally. This supports the practical consideration of the full range of flood behaviour in decisions that influence this risk.These decisions may relate to:

      • management activities aimed at reducing risk to the existing community
      • land use planning activities to limit the growth in risk related to new development
      • emergency management activities aimed at preparing for, responding to, and recovering from floods.

      This book provides a logical framework and understanding of how flood risk to communities can be considered and managed. It discusses approaches that allow consideration of the variation of risk between and within floodplains, and across flood events of different scales. It investigates how land use planning activities that support community growth can be informed by an understanding of the variation in flood behaviour, flood

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