Flood Planning
Subtitle: The Politics of Water Security (International Library of Political Studies)
Publisher: I. B. Tauris
Published: April 13, 2010
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9781845118174
Subjects: Nonfiction -- Politics -- Regional Planning; Nonfiction -- Social Sciences -- Political Science -- Public Policy
Description: "Floods are amongst the most common and devastating natural disasters. In the wake of such an event, the pressure to initiate flood protection schemes that will provide security is enormous, and politicians promise quick solutions in the national interest. Jeroen Warner examines a number of such projects from around the world - the Middle East, South Asia and Western Europe - aimed at the prevention of serious flooding. Each provoked a level of controversy unforeseen by its initiators, with the result that schemes were shelved, were not completed, or simply failed. The author shows how such projects inevitably become politicized as different stakeholders seek to promote their interests."--Bloomsbury Publishing.