Building Resilience and Planning for Extreme Water-Related Events

• Main Authors: Sprague, Teresa (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Prenger-Berninghoff, Kathrin (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Climate Resilient Societies,
• Subjects: Environment.; Environmental geography.; Climate change.; Environmental management.; Environment Studies.; Environmental Geography.; Climate Change Management and Policy.; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.

This book discusses what it means for cities to work toward and achieve resilience in the face of climate change. The content takes an urban planning perspective with a water-related focus, exploring the continued global and local efforts in improving disaster risk management within the water sphere...