Managing Flood Risk Innovative Approaches from Big Floodplain Rivers and Urban Streams /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Serra-Llobet, Anna (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Kondolf, G. Mathias (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Schaefer, Kathleen (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Nicholson, Scott (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Environmental geography.; Environmental sociology.; Environmental management.; Geomorphology.; Hydrology.; Environmental Geography.; Environmental Sociology.; Environmental Management.; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.; Hydrology/Water Resources.

The past half century has seen an evolution in thinking from 'flood control' to 'flood risk management', recognizing that risk results from both hazard and vulnerability. Rather than rely only on engineering structures to reduce flood magnitude or extent, recent policies emphasiz...