Strategic Management of Flood Risk - 9780727761378

Strategic Management of Flood RiskAuthor(s): Duncan McLuckie, Jaya Kandasamy, Paul Sayers\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Emerald Publishing Limited, United Kingdom\nImprint: ICE Publishing\nISBN-13: 9780727761378, 978-0727761378\nSynopsis\nStrategic Management of Flood Risk offers a proven approach for flood risk management in communities internationally. This supports the practical consideration of the full range of flood behaviour in decisions that influence this [url] decisions may relate to:\n\nmanagement activities aimed at reducing risk to the existing community\nland use planning activities to limit the growth in risk related to new development\nemergency management activities aimed at preparing for, responding to, and recovering from floods.\n\nThis book provides a logical framework and understanding of how flood risk to communities can be considered and managed. It discusses approaches that allow consideration of the variation of risk between and within floodplains, and acros.