Water and disasters : cases from the high level experts and leaders panel on water and disasters / editors: Jerome Delli Priscoli and Kenzo Hiroki.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Delli Priscoli, Jerome, editor.

Hiroki, Kenzo, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Flood control.

Drought management.

Storm surges.

Natural disasters.

Physical Description:

vi, 219 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

London : IWA Publishing, 2019.

Contents:

Editorial - Water and Disasters: Cases from the High Level Experts and Leaders Panel on Water and Disasters p. 1 / Jerome Delli Priscoli and Kenzo Hiroki

Flood disasters - a global perspective p. 6 / Wolfgang Kron

Lessons learned from mega-disasters and future policy development on water-related disaster management in Japan p. 25 / Kenichiro Tachi

The Deltaplan revisited: changing perspectives in the Netherlands' flood risk reduction philosophy p. 41 / Melanie Schultz van Haegen and Koos Wieriks

Water-related disaster risk reduction (DRR) management in the United States: floods and storm surges p. 58 / Jerome Delli Priscoli and Eugene Stakhiv

A tale of three cities: water disaster policy responses in Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Metro Manila p. 89 / Keizrul Abdullah and Apichart Anukularmphai and Tadashige Kawasaki and Dolora Nepomuceno

Translating policies into actions: the case of the Elbe River p. 114 / Wolfgang Grabs and Hans Moser

Lessons learned from the Big Floods, 1999-2013: The Bavarian Flood Action Programme 2020plus p. 133 / Martin Grambow and Erich Eichenseer and Gregor Overhoff and Tobias Mafner and Kerstin Staton and Bernhard Schaipp

Losing memory - the risk of a major flood in the Paris region: Improving prevention policies p. 156 / Charles Baubion

Integrated policies and practices for flood and drought risk management p. 180 / A. Grobicki and F. MacLeod and F. Pischke

Integrated actions in the management of critical hydrologic events p. 195 / Bruna Craveiro De Sá E Mendonça and Mateus Monteiro De Abreu

Water-related disaster risk reduction: time for preventive action! Position paper of the High Level Experts and Leaders Panel (HELP) on water and disasters p. 212 / Koos Wieriks and Niels Vlaanderen.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781789060782

1789060788

OCLC:

1111351646

Publisher Number:

99981279632