Not Just a Bunch of Dikes and Dams : Lessons from the Dutch about Water, Disaster, and Proactive Remedy / James D. Slack.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Slack, James D., author.

Series:

SAGE business cases.

SAGE business cases

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes.

Strategic planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

London, England : SAGE Publications: SAGE Business Cases Originals, 2025.

Summary:

This case focuses on what the Netherlands has done to prepare for water disasters, including an examination of the ecology of swamps, marshes, peat water, and peat soil, as well as the technology of dikes, dams, and windmills. Woven into a civic (democratic) culture, the Dutch embrace the practice of proactive policy--in government and in business--to create a remedy for surviving greater disasters in the future that may be caused by Earth's current environment and, moreover, by changes due to global warming. The Dutch offer at least two fundamental lessons: (1) when it comes to water disasters, reaction is fine, but proaction is better; and (2) find ways to make proaction as creative as possible. The case ends with a basic question: Given global warming, what is your country prepared to do to prevent catastrophic disasters in the near future?.

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ISBN:

9781071978306

1071978306

OCLC:

1483992649