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Case study of institutional and social responses to flooding: reforming for resilience? [1]

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Flood management has until recently emphasised investment and trust in constructed solutions that rely mainly on structural robustness. However, there has been a shift in the attitudes and policies towards flood risk management that emphasises a systems approach in which robustness and resilience now have an equal part to play.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2011
A.C. Cashman [2]
Journal of Flood Risk Management [3]
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Natural Disasters [4], Floods [5], Disaster Management [6], Urbanisation [7], Drainage [8], United Kingdom (UK) [9]
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