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Cities and flooding: a guide to integrated urban flood risk management for the 21st century [1]

Urban flooding is a serious and growing development challenge. It is a global phenomenon which causes widespread devastation, economic damages and loss of human lives. Cities and Flooding: A Guide to Integrated Urban Flood
Risk Management for the 21st Century provides forward-looking operational assistance to policy makers and technical specialists in the rapidly expanding cities and towns of the developing world on how best to manage the risk of floods. It takes a strategic approach, in which appropriate risk management measures are assessed, selected and integrated in a process that both informs and involves the full range of stakeholders.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2012
Abhas K Jha [2], Robin Bloch [3], Jessica Lamond [4]
The World Bank [5]
Tags:
Floods [6], Urbanisation [7], Developing Countries [8], India [9], Natural Disasters [10], Urban Environment [11], Climate Change [12], Urban Planning [13], Flood Control [14]

Technology Partners: MimirTech

Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/cities-and-flooding-guide-integrated-urban-flood-risk-management-21st-century

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/abhas-k-jha
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/robin-bloch
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/jessica-lamond
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/world-bank
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[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/urbanisation
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/developing-countries
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/natural-disasters
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/urban-environment
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/urban-planning
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/flood-control