Cities and flooding
Subtitle: a guide to integrated urban flood risk management for the 21st century
By: Abhas K. Jha, Robin Bloch, Jessica Lamond
Contributors: Bloch, Robin; Lamond, Jessica
Publisher: World Bank; World Bank Publications
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 631
ISBN-13: 9780821388662; 9780821394779
Subjects: Floods; Cities and towns; Flood control; Risk management
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgements; title: About the authors; title: How to use the guide; title: A summary for policy makers; title: Understanding flood hazard; title: Understanding flood impacts; title: Integrated flood risk management : structural measures; title: Integrated flood risk management : non-structural measures; title: Evaluating alternative flood risk management options : tools for decision makers; title: Implementing integrated flood risk management; title: Conclusion: promoting integrated urban flood risk management; title: Abbreviations 6; title: Glossary.